The legend of the 12 animals in Chinese New Year comes from a poem about mythical creatures aiding spring's arrival ...

The Contemporary Poetry and Music Circle was hugely influential in the post-war years. Its legacy is finally being unearthed ...

A large chunk of the greenhouse gases that blanket the Earth and trap the Sun’s heat ... The International Day of Clean Energy on 26 January was declared by the General Assembly (resolution ...

The International Day of Clean Energy on 26 January was declared by the General Assembly (resolution ... A large chunk of the greenhouse gases that blanket the Earth and trap the Sun’s heat are ...

National Girl Child Day 2025: The day spread awareness about the inequalities that girls face in the society of India due to gender bias. It was initiated by the Ministry of Women and Child ...

The sun remains up for around 20 hours each day. In Svalbard, the northernmost inhabited region of Europe, the sun doesn’t set from April 10 to August 23. Here, you can live for days without ...

The Irish have a rich tradition of storytelling and poetry, with their language full ... and the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through the tears." ...

This poem was provided by Barbara A. Washington of Bobcat Event Management & Consulting. Austin Were, a senior at Metro High School, is one of her mentees.

At their best, poets can shine on the big day, capturing dreams and longings The tradition of the inaugural poem has been lopsided in the US. Only four presidents, all of them Democrats ...

By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary,” will be published this year. He teaches in the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Boston University, where he ...

She previously reported on Earth science and the universe. Two weeks after fires consumed huge swaths of Los Angeles, officials are still trying to identify victim’s remains and bring closure to ...

Our columnist approves. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” Her On Poetry ...