Every so often, you will hear lamentations about the sorry state of high-brow forms of art, particularly classical music and poetry. These forms of art, we are told, are dying. They are dying from ...

Catullus Reading his Poems at Lesbia's House (detail), an 1870 painting by Lawrence Alma-Tadema - Bridgeman The heart of the reviewer can sink upon receiving a doorstop titled something like The ...

April is National Poetry Month! The website poets.org says, "in this time of uncertainty and great concern, we can rely on poems to offer wisdom, uplifting ideas, and language that prompts reflection ...

Classic poems are in danger of disappearing from English lessons because teachers with little knowledge of literature are resorting to "lightweight" verse, school inspectors have warned. Only very few ...

A superficial knowledge of the Greek language – alpha particles, beta decay, gamma rays and so on all the way to Omega Centauri – is essential for any scientist. But Ricardo Mansilla, a mathematician ...

If you ever want to move your child out from the digital world and give them at least a part of your own personal childhood experience, check our list for 9 classic poems for children to memorize. The ...

The primary reason I chose teaching as a profession is because I did not want to be separated from a culture of learning. I have found that students at Pine View are self-motivated and up for ...

Julian Peters illustrates a classic poem from American icon Langston Hughes. By Graeme McMillan April is National Poetry Month, and to mark the occasion, Plough Publishing Press is releasing a graphic ...

FULLERTON – Lee Mallory, considered Orange County’s poetry showman, will launch his book, “Now and Then: Collected Poems of Lee Mallory”, at 8 p.m. on Monday at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center. The 8 ...

To many people's surprise, one of the most popular recent TV reality shows in China has been Chinese Poetry Conference, a classical Chinese poetry competition devoid of any TV stars. What makes the ...