poetry

Poem of the week: “Jerusalem”

September 2, 2010 By John Case

"Shouldn't it be as important to learn about one another's poetry, country to country, as one another's weather or gross national products?"

Poem of the week: Diamonds of clarity on the human condition

August 16, 2010 By John Case

In "At the Public Market Museum: Charleston, South Carolina," Jane Kenyon's singular American poetic imagination offers clarity and revelation on the human condition.

Nikki Giovanni: rap poetry is part of world literature

June 1, 2010 By Rev. Irving C. Jones

PHILADELPHIA -- Nikki Giovanni, world renowned poet, spoke here in Philadelphia, May 28, as par of Art Sanctuary's 26th Annual Celebration of Black Writing Festival.

For the Massey miners: Journal of Catherine Terry, 30 November 1920

April 6, 2010 By Diane Gilliam Fisher

As a memorial for the 25 miners who lost their lives this past week in Montcoal, W. Va., at the Massey Energy mine, this poem says more than 100 articles.

POEM Hiroshima

August 6, 2009 By Teresinka Pereira

On August 6, 1945 the United States dropped the first atomic bomb ever on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. On Aug. 9, three days later, a second atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki....