War, love and memory intertwine in Voices Israel’s 2025 anthology, a powerful collection of global poetry shaped by Oct. 7 ...

War often reduces entire cultures and countries to one over-simplified narrative, particularly in the domain of news. Ukraine was first invaded by Russia in 2014, and then again in 2022, and that ...

We can be overwhelmed by reports filed from conflict zones. While they give a comprehensive account of a situation on the ground, sometimes the language fails. Which is where poetry comes in. One ...

Gandhi called non-violence “the only true force because war never brings justice; it only sows the seeds of fresh revenge.” ...

In Russia, protesting against the war in Ukraine can be dangerous. But one Russian poet living in Moscow, Vadim Dzyuba, is speaking out.

Dan Shannon of Anderson Township has created a national contest to find the best poem about America. Poet Thomas Buchanan Read wrote the famous Civil War poem “Sheridan’s Ride” in Cincinnati, first ...

Revolutionary War -- Paul Revere's Ride / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- Yankee Doodle / Anonymous -- To His Excellency General Washington / Phillis Wheatley -- Warren's Address to the American ...

Amid a mounting death toll in Gaza and political peace maneuvering, a former Virginia poet laureate read poems and told stories to bring attention and reflection to the war and its victims. “We are ...

Earlier this month, a group of poets managed to disrupt the White House. Laura Bush had planned a Feb. 12 symposium on “Poetry and the American Voice” to celebrate the works of Walt Whitman, Langston ...