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The Thing You Fear Is Not the Thing That Kills You
that you always meant to tighten. If we acknowledged these dangers every day, we’d never leave our beds, except to avoid the clot. But oh how we need to leave the bed, except when we don’t. Oh how we ...
Hear mother’s emotional poem read at the sentencing of her 17-year-old daughter’s killer (video)
Syracuse, N.Y. – The mother of 17-year-old Karlianne Short wrote a poem in memory of her daughter that was read Friday at the ...
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How a Poet Praised for Her Optimism Handles Despair
Acclaimed San Antonio writer Naomi Shihab Nye talks about the “clarifying” power of poetry and why it’s needed in turbulent ...
New research shows people can’t tell the difference between human and AI poetry – and even prefer the latter. What gives?
AI models can produce poems that rate well on certain ‘metrics’. But the event of reading poetry is not one in which we ...
Academy of American Poets2d
Dear Reader—Reaching Toward Community in a Time of Winter
When I began to listen to poetry, it’s when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to listen to what the clouds had to say, and I began to listen to others. And I think, most importantly for all ...
19 Black Poets Whose Work Will Move and Inspire You
The words of these Black poets cut to the core of the human experience and the realities of being Black in America ...
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Kurds Have Good Reason to Fear Trump — and Harris
Donald Trump’s presidency was bad news for the Kurdish movement, as Washington abandoned Rojava and gave NATO ally Turkey a ...
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Skate Canada: Kaori Sakamoto tops short program; Alysa Liu makes Grand Prix return
Three-time world champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan leads after the short program in her Grand Prix season debut at Skate Canada. Sakamoto, the first woman to win three consecutive world titles since ...
The New York Times23d
A Poem Hitches a Ride on a Rocket, to Infinity and Beyond
NASA and the U.S. Poet Laureate may not be obvious collaborators, but a Jupiter-bound mission helped them find common ground. NASA and the U.S. Poet Laureate may not be obvious collaborators, but ...
Smithsonian Magazine23d
These Are Americans’ Biggest Fears in 2024, as the Country Is ‘Becoming More Afraid’
Fear is playing a bigger role in American life than at any time in recent history, according to the results of a new survey from Chapman University. Americans are afraid of more things ...