I’ve had a complicated relationship with onomatopoeia since the sixth grade. That year, after winning at my school, I competed in my county’s elementary spelling bee championship. As the rounds ...

Nonsense poetry does not always make sense. Poets will use made-up words alongside real words, and talk about made-up things like imaginary creatures. It’s lots of fun to read and is usually very ...

At a time when soundscapes are increasingly dominated by digital alerts and urban clamour, an old, lyrical word is quietly re-emerging among language enthusiasts. “Tintinnabulation,” a term that ...

In Send this the speaker directly addresses another person, who is visiting Lahore, in Pakistan, a city which was once the speaker’s home. The speaker is giving them a series of instructions, relating ...

After that ritual nitrate-laden animal sacrifice, complete with smoke ascending, the poet’s father — to whose memory ...

Could I but ride indefinite As doth the meadow-bee And visit only where I liked, And no man visit me, I’d soar above the verdant hills, In search of hidden glades, Where sunlight filters through the ...

WBUR's Andrea Shea has more on the National Baseball Poetry Festival and its origins. ANDREA SHEA, BYLINE: Baseball bards from across the country descended on Polar Park, Worcester's Minor League ...

Let’s memorize a poem! Not because it’s good for us or because we think we should, but because it’s fun, a mental challenge with a solid aesthetic reward. You can amuse yourself, impress your friends ...

75 Heartfelt Father’s Day Quotes That Celebrate the No. 1 Guy in Your Life 30 Sweet Father’s Day Songs That Pay Tribute to Dads Everywhere 25 Funny Father’s Day Memes That Dads Will Find Hysterical ...

"Death is Nothing at All” by Henry Scott Holland, an English clergyman, was written in 1910. The poem was popularized by the Carmelite monks in Tallow, County Waterford. It is a uniquely calm and ...

For Mother's Day, we bring to you a consideration of motherhood by a poet who's brought up two sons. Because tomorrow is Mother's Day, we bring to you today a consideration of motherhood by a poet who ...