Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maya Angelou, an influential visual poet, and civil rights activist, remains a cornerstone in Black history. Her work inspires ...

Local nonprofit CARES held its 12th Black History Month Poetry Slam today. The event, held at A merican Legion Post 80, welcomed over 100 community members for an afternoon of poetry, music, and camar ...

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 ...

Poetry readings from members of The Griot Collective of West Tennessee, and a musical performance by Lonita Dickerson marked City Hall's second, weekly celebration of Black History Month on Friday ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Nearly 200 years ago, Oberlin was an important stop on Underground Railroad, which helped enslaved persons escape to freedom. Now, a day filled with social justice poetry — which ...

In 1922, The New York Sun published a poem called “The History of Honey.” The Sun’s poetry editor at the time — our predecessor, Edmund Leamy (1890–1962) — received the poem in the mail and liked it ...

They are credited with bringing creative inspiration to millions every day - a simple idea that has been copied in cities across the world. In 1986 the first Poems on the Underground appeared in Tube ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (FOX40.COM) — MOSAIC Children’s Museum will ...

Literary critic Ruby (The Zero and the One) delivers a dazzling and ambitious “verse essay” tracing the history of poetry from Homer through the present. He begins with early Greek poetry performances ...

Marcela Sulak has translated three collections of poetry from Hapsburg Bohemia and the Congo and is co-editing “Family Resemblance: An Anthology and Exploration of 8 Hybrid Literary Forms” (Rose Metal ...

Kolkata has made its name on the map of English poetry writing in India,” says poet, translator and nonfiction essayist ...