Ada Limón’s new book of poems offers a new way to engage with a troubled world. Catch her onstage with beloved author Robin Wall Kimmerer in October.

From then on, for the remainder of his life, Saint Francis lived with a vision of the natural world as redeemed in Jesus ...

Eight centuries ago, St. Francis of Assisi composed a poem that remains familiar today, inspiring hymns, art and the titles of two of the late Pope Francis' teaching documents on integral ecology.

What do zinnias, Emily Dickinson, and Robert Hayden have in common? More than you’d think — and it’s helping me make sense of ...

Reviews of poetry by Pablo Picasso were mixed, but that didn't stop the Cubist pioneer from writing hundreds of them.

In 1969, John Giorno got an idea: offer poetry via phone. Now, the quirky project is back, and it’s spreading to Brazil, Hong ...

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Poetry can express thoughts and emotions in freeing and insightful ways that prose simply cannot. For those who have never ...

Every Time They Call Me She” explores 17-year-old Belle Adelman-Cannon’s gender identity, relationships, and understanding of ...

An exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum charts the influence and allure of the Book of Psalms across religions and cultures during the Middle Ages.

I remember the first time I picked up Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends in my elementary school library. It was filled with delightfully clever and funny rhymes, and the words danced off my ...