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 ...

“But I admire poetry,” she says, “the brevity and emotion of it, and I read it every morning to begin my day.” Heather prefers informal interviews to writing down her opinion. She is more ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Day. For some, the holiday is just that — time off from work or school. But, King’s family and others carrying on his legacy of equality, justice and non-violent protest want Americans to ...

Fisherman and teacher, public citizen and lover of the living earth, he wakens us to the beauty and peril of our moment.” After reading this collection, I agree whole-heartedly with this cover ...