Shakespeare does some heavy lifting throughout this 14-line poem, comparing a woman to a summer’s day and concluding that she’s far lovelier. That sentiment makes this one of the best short ...

October: Monster by Dzifa Benson “One language is never enough”, Dzifa Benson writes in the first section of Monster, her ...

These short Easter poems reflect a Christian perspective on the holiday, making them great options for children's church and ...

Where to read: You can read “The Haunted Palace” at Poetry Foundation. Poe’s The Oval Portrait is one of his shorter stories, but one whose intensity is not limited by length. The short ...

D.N. “This Is Not a Small Voice” by Sonia Sanchez Adrian Neibauer’s fifth grade students in Colorado have loved this “short and powerful” poem. As not-quite-tweens, Neibauer said his students “are ...

The very definition of “lyric,” in the Oxford Dictionary, indicates that the word cannot be satisfactorily defined:— Lyric: Now the name for short poems, usually divided into stanzas or ...

Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...

Shakespeare reading "Hamlet" to his family, circa 1600. Most people confuse a sonnet and a poem, but they have slight differences. A sonnet is a specific type of poem, typically consisting of 14 ...

The notebook in which he wrote these words on the day of her death turned out to be the first of many; the habit of disclosing intimate thoughts to the private page was maintained until his death from ...

Weight-loss supplements are rebranding as “GLP-1 boosters.” They’re nothing like Ozempic. If you had come across the ...

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Third and Final Continent,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1999. The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss ...

T celebrates four talents across music, art and fashion who, through patience and perseverance, have transformed the culture.