Auden’s poetry here illustrates the trickle-down effect of poorly thought-out decisions of politicians and rulers, and how ...

Shakespeare reading "Hamlet" to his family, circa 1600. Most people confuse a sonnet and a poem, but they have slight differences. A sonnet is a specific type of poem, typically consisting of 14 ...

His band’s “Comfortably Numb” cover won’t heal the rift between David Gilmour and Roger Waters. But it doesn’t hurt to try.

Choosing the right love poem for your boyfriend can be incredibly nerve-wracking, whether you're in a new relationship or have been together for ages. From sweet, short love poems for him to read ...

Ice-T may be the one person on earth capable of brokering a détente between David Gilmour and Roger Waters, the former Pink ...

“Numb” is one of Linkin Park’s most famous singles, and one of the more successful hard rock cuts of the past several decades. Now, it returns to four different tallies in the U.K., as ...

The poems themselves include humor and experiences that resonate with people who are going through similar treatment. They touch on certain symptoms such as neuropathy, which involves a numb ...

“It began with me having very outlandish ideas,” she recently recalled. “At one point, I thought we should rent a plane, and put poetry on little native seed packets that would fly out of the plane ...

Joe Coelho looks at how poetry can be performed, bringing the words to life rather than keeping them on the printed page. He explores what tone and timbre can bring to poems when performing or ...

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Haunting Olivia,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2005. The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Love Letter ...