A new study suggests people might like chatbot-produced poems for their simple and straightforward images, emotions and ...

Walt Whitman's small notebook, now disbound, had this black leather cover when the poet carried it in his coat pocket. Whitman first saw Lincoln when the president-elect visited New York on his ...

To appreciate the act of offering comfort for the victims of war, there are few better sources of inspiration than Walt ...

A CT history professor revisits the memorable election of 1884, 'one of the dirtiest in U.S. history,' which inspired a poem ...

In a new study, participants with no expert knowledge in poetry were also unable to distinguish whether the verses were ...

So, if you want to appreciate poetry, you have to respect the roots. Buy at Amazon Modern American poetry arguably began with Walt Whitman, and his fluid, often manic but still joyful words spring off ...

Nelson is a resident of Penobscot. And Walt Whitman wrote a long essay titled “Democratic Vistas.” The author of “Leaves of Grass” (1855), whose poems are still found in every anthology of ...

Donald Trump’s return to power is a disaster for America, but we should be mindful that South Africa may risk a similar fate ...