Five hopeful poems to usher in the new year. Filipino revelers watch as fireworks light up the sky to welcome the new year at the seaside Mall of Asia in suburban Pasay city south of Manila in 2017.

Poetry helps us express feelings that don't fit neatly into sentences; confusion and fear but also hope and joy. Here's the second installment of our look ahead at the most exciting poetry of 2021.

Hopeful poem about 2020 ... death of George Floyd have inspired some social media users to declare that 2020 is “cancelled,” though a now-viral poem lighting up Instagram urges people ...

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to poet in residence Kwame Alexander, who shares his latest community crowd-sourced poem about the goals that teachers, parents and students have set for themselves.

Ellen Brown Harrison’s new book of poetry, High Notes of Poetry: Finding Your Courage, offers hope and strength to people facing life’s toughest challenges. After the loss of her father, Ellen ...

Maria Shriver's very first poetry book, 'I Am Maria: My Poems and Reflections on Heartbreak, Healing, and Hope,' will be released on April 1, 2025. The book is a 'deeply personal' collection of ...

Discover the touching poem by a mother with agoraphobia, symbolizing hope and renewal. A message of love, peace, and kindness for the holiday season.

Jennifer Garner sent a hopeful message to her followers as she shared a poem about getting through tough times.. The optimistic poem by Cleo Wade reminded readers that difficult times do not last ...

Poetry Is an Act of Hope. Through verse, we can perhaps come closest to capturing events that exist beyond our capacity to describe. By Maya Chung. Illustration by The Atlantic. May 3, 2024.

The UC Davis poet who may win the Nobel Prize for literature this month has two cats, Haku and Mata, named after a song from "The Lion King." The names were his daughter's idea, but even so, one ...