Poetry Matters
Long-Hidden Trove of Bob Dylan Letters, Handwritten Lyrics Heads to Auction
The archives of harmonica player and close Dylan friend Tony Glover act as a "time capsule" of 20th-century music, says RR Auction
Fragment of 'The Rose Thorn,' a Poem About a Talking Vulva, Dated to the 1300s
The section of the erotic Medieval fantasy was found in the binding of book in Austria's Melk monastery
Analysis Breaks Down the Annoying "Poet Voice"
It's not just you; poets also read their works aloud with long pauses, weird cadences and almost no emotion
Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Casket Rediscovered in Former Wine Cellar
Parishioners at St. Michael's Church in Highgate hope to refurbish the crypt after identifying where exactly Coleridge's final resting place was
Researchers Investigate What Makes a Poem Popular
A recent study found that vividness of imagery best predicted a poem's aesthetic appeal
Why Langston Hughes Still Reigns as a Poet for the Unchampioned
Fifty years after his death, Hughes’ extraordinary lyricism resonates with power to people
Is Bob Dylan a Poet?
As the enigmatic singer, songwriter and troubadour takes the Nobel Prize in literature, one scholar ponders what his work is all about
What Langston Hughes’ Powerful Poem “I, Too" Tells Us About America's Past and Present
Smithsonian historian David Ward reflects on the work of Langston Hughes
Should We Hate Poetry?
It was precisely because poetry wasn’t hated that Plato feared it, writes the Smithsonian’s senior historian David Ward, who loves poetry
Astronomers Recreate Ancient Skies to Date a Nearly 2,600-Year-Old Greek Poem
Researchers narrow down the dates for when the lonely poet Sappho wrote "Midnight Poem"
Can the Civil War Still Inspire Today's Poets?
As epic verse about the American past falls victim to modernism, a poet who is also a historian calls for a revival
Poet and Musician Patti Smith’s Endless Search in Art and Life
The National Portrait Gallery’s senior historian David Ward takes a look at the rock 'n' roll legend's new memoir
What Gives Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” Its Power?
A Smithsonian poet examines its message and how it encapsulates what its author was all about
Poetry Matters: In Baseball, No Poet Has Yet to Do the Game Justice
Smithsonian historian David Ward umpires the field of poetry, honoring the boys of spring, and calls a strike
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