By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

What is love? You hear it sung about in songs on the radio, lauded in great poems from centuries ago, depicted in every ...

Think childhood trauma makes you a less capable parent? Science says otherwise—your past may have shaped you into a more ...

Garfield Heights middle schooler Mi’Kiyah Patterson crafted a 121-page poetry book centered on mental health. The title: ...

When you’re forced to take on responsibilities beyond your years—caring for younger siblings, managing household stress, or ...

Sonia Sanchez is one of the most powerful voices in American poetry, a literary giant whose work spans decades of activism, ...

Poetry celebrates its 36th anniversary tonight, marking 1,880 consecutive weeks of poetry readings in downtown Hot Springs, ...

Through poetry-based performance, "Night Sky with Exit Wounds", an operatic work based on Ocean Voung's poetry collection, ...

and stranger than many discussions of trauma do. Ditlevsen died of an overdose in 1976 Credit: PA In one poem, she describes the way she turned away from her mother, disgusted by her smell; ...

Pansy’s extreme irritability and stark pessimism make her an exhausting person to be around and put a strain on her family. The audience becomes more ... shows audiences how buried trauma can manifest ...

navigating the public deterioration of her romantic life alongside the lingering effects of her past trauma. Playing to the author’s love of historical elements, the novel also features the voices of ...