Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date; Sometime too hot the eye of ...

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 ...

There's a new book that celebrates 200 years of the most famous Christmas poem ever written in English, which probably has roots here in the North... Sep 28, 2022 — There's a new book that celebrates ...

Maya Angelou, considered one of the best poets in history, signs copies of "Maya Angelou: Letter to My Daughter" at Barnes & Noble in Union Square on October 30, 2008 in New York City. Poetry is a ...

The Book of Psalms presents two daunting challenges to the Bible blog. First, because it’s just a series of poems, in no particular order, there is no compelling reason to start at Psalm 1 and read on ...

Paul McCartney said John Lennon had intentions of being a writer. In the same vein, Paul said John drew inspiration from a famous poem while writing The Beatles’ “Strawberry Fields Forever.” Paul said ...

A print of English poet William Blake's most famous poem "The Tyger" sold at auction for £228,600 ($304,519) on Wednesday, British auction house Christie's said.

Hundreds of millions of poetic words have been written throughout history. Navigate your way into this beautiful art form with this list of the most famous poems ever written. What jumps into your ...