Maya Angelou, who died in May 2014, became one of those figures (à la Mark Twain or Abraham Lincoln) who ended up with more of other people's words attributed to her than words of her own. As we note ...

In the 14th century, Petrarch wrote about love; in the 17th century, John Donne wrote about God. Today, poet Elise Paschen is turning her attention to yet another most universal of human experiences: ...

A 2016 poem emerged soon after 17-year-old Antwon Rose was shot and killed by a police officer in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, more than two weeks ago. Titled “I AM NOT WHAT YOU THINK!”, the poem ...

As thousands of people mourn Muhammad Ali at his funeral in Louisville, Ky., NPR remembers his 1963 poem, "I Am The Greatest." Thousands of people lined the streets of Louisville, Ky., today to pay ...

Benjamin Giroux isn't usually one to express much emotion. "When we ask him how his day went when he gets home from school, we don't get much more than a one-word answer," Sonny Giroux, Benjamin's ...

Hear Elise Paschen read Emily Dickinson's "Hope Is the Thing with Feathers." Read the full text -- and hear poet Stephen Dunn read his poem "The Sacred." In the 14th century, Petrarch wrote about love ...