poetry
American Grace
November 25, 2015This poem/prayer was originally published in People's Weekly World in March 2006.
Read moreRemembering poet, Spanish Civil War vet Ramon Durem
November 3, 2015Although of mixed heritage, he identified as African American, and his poems impacted the Black Power movement as a cultural inspiration.
Read moreToday in history: Chilean communist poet Pablo Neruda wins Nobel Prize
October 21, 2015Neruda won the Nobel Prize for Literature "for a poetry that with the action of an elemental force brings alive a continent's destiny and dreams."
Read moreHispanic Heritage Month: A Costa Rican poet honors Carlos Bulosan
October 1, 2015Carlos Sampayan Bulosan (1913-1956) was a class-conscious English-language Filipino novelist and poet.
Read moreToday in history: A Chinese poem for autumn
September 23, 2015On this first day of autumn, we offer a quiet moment of reflection penned 80 years ago.
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