A framed poster of a stamp depicting Langston Hughes, who wrote some of the best poems in American history. Poetry provides the perfect way to indulge in the escapism of reading without the commitment ...

Over the river, and through the wood, To grandfather’s house we go; The horse knows the way To carry the sleigh Through the white and drifted snow. Over the river, and through the wood— Oh, how the ...

American poet Emily Dickinson. A mystical recluse, she lived all her life in Amherst, Massachusetts. Emily Dickinson was a 19th-century American poet whose name has become synonymous with classic ...

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Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Design by Anna Deyoung. Metaphors, similes and rhymes galore, poetry is everywhere. We create ...

Twice a week, I meet with two elderly men to read poems out loud. The poems are ancient, even older than us. They’re usually ...

Source: The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum / Public Domain Let’s start with an image. You are in a restaurant, at a bar, or driving to a beach with some friends. Someone says something funny, and everyone ...

AMHERST — Central American Rosalina Cañas beamed in the sunshine outside the Emily Dickinson Museum as she spoke in Spanish about how her grandson, Dennys, enjoyed participating in the multimedia art ...