It was a worldwide revolution of technique and delight which robustly punctuated the equilibrium of evolution. In the blink of an eye the land bloomed with a spectrum of brilliant color where before ...

A black center / sinks behind the hills” and, later, from the same poem, “The land returns from betrayal.” I pause and repeat that line: “The land returns from betrayal.” We have all ...

Singapore poets gather online to write on Facebook. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

This story was originally published on March 30, 2020, and has been updated. A great poem can be there for you — just like other works of art you hold dear. It can help you process sadness ...

It’s one of the city’s second-ever poet laureate’s many events planned during his term, through the end of 2026.

They didn’t know until they saw the flag that we’d won, so this is the genesis of the poem. O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

For me, listening to a poem on the radio combines the best of these two worlds: there’s the intimacy of the lines flying through the air to land on the ear and there’s the sense that ...