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Citing centuries-old civilizational ties and invoking a Persian poem from the 13th century, Tehran said it is ready to help defuse tensions in the region. Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas ...
Most people remember the symbols depicting his relationship with Glasgow by the following short poem: There’s the bell that never rang. Taking the symbols one by one, each refers to a legend ...
My encounter with Spanish-Latin American poetry began entirely by chance. In 1959, I was admitted to the Department of Chinese Language and literature at Peking University (PKU) but was redirected ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Literary Cleveland, the nonprofit organization and creative writing center working to elevate local writers and their work, is bringing back their Cleveland Poetry Festival.
As part of Poetry Day Ireland 2025, twelve poems have been selected following a national call out to respond to this year's theme, May Day - read The Laying Hen by Rosamund Taylor below.
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I have slept in many places, for years on mattresses that entered,” by Diane Seuss, and his own poem “This Is a Test of the Federal Emergency ...
Nearly five years after Aziz's steadfast words first became a war cry of the anti-CAA protesters, the poem is once again in news after Aziz alleged that Anita Dube, the internationally acclaimed ...
A.F. Moritz has been awarded the second annual Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize. Moritz was awarded the prize for his 22nd collection of poetry, Great Silent Ballad, published in 2024 by House of ...
She has since responded to news of his death, sharing a poem on Instagram in his memory. “Farewell dear Pope Francis/Nature and poetry and the suffering shall miss their champion.” Check out ...
At the end of KOCO 5's coverage of the 30th anniversary remembrance ceremony, Anchor Abigail Ogle read a poem written on April 20, 1995, that honored the 19 children who were killed. WATCH: KOCO 5's ...
It comes as the Kremlin cracks down on those not supporting the war effort and yesterday jailed an activist using poetry to protest the conflict. Once the group were on the floor officers ...
Poems have been read out and attached to newly planted trees in honour of writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah. The 65 readings were carried out in Burbury Park in Birmingham on Saturday, following ...