"The New York Times recommends 44 hot spots throughout the world that I should visit before I die. A dozen years ago I tangoed on the beach at Ipanema (No. 31). This morning my back signaled I ...

Poems about death can help comfort you after losing a loved one. ... 15 Quotes I Turned To After Both Of My Parents Died. 2. ... "O thou the last fulfilment of life, Death, my death, ...

25 life changing quotes & poems by Muhammad Rumi to give you strength Thankfully, when looking for quotes and poems to inspire you and motivate you in your everyday life, no one says it better ...

Whatever emotion you're feeling can be found in poetry. So when life brings you down, ... 100 Inspirational Quotes That Will Motivate and Inspire You. ... In life and death a chainless soul, ...

Leading contemporary poet and Dickinson scholar Susan Howe breaks down "There's a certain Slant of light," one of Emily Dickinson's most-beloved poems.

Kevin Young is always writing poems. He has more than a dozen books in his name, including a new collection out today called "Stones." It's about memory and loss, his deep ties to the South and ...

With “Poem of the Day,” The New York Sun offers a daily portion of verse selected by Joseph Bottum with the help of the North Carolina poet Sally Thomas, the Sun’s associate poetry editor. Tied to the ...

This poem is about Aunt Jennifer’s constrained life and eventual death, but it’s also about her liberation and her immortality. Its ending is tragic and triumphant.

Emily Dickinson's poems did not gain notoriety until after her death. | BrianAJackson/iStock via Getty Images. Only ten of Emily Dickinson's poems were published during her lifetime—the majority ...

After the death of Ahmaud Arbery, Morning Edition asked for your reactions to the killing in the shape of a poem. The 25-year-old black man was shot and killed by two white men while he was out ...