The form known as ekphrasis — or poetry about art — has taken a turn toward the individual. Our columnist asks what it means.

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The month he turned 30, Mosab Abu Toha was blindfolded, beaten and detained by the Israel Defense Forces. The essay he wrote about it won a Pulitzer Prize.

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“Should taxpayers fund poetry or potholes?” Since my appointment as Calgary’s poet laureate, I have heard versions of this question more than once. Invoking taxpayer outrage is a familiar way of ...

A timeless quote from Oscar Wilde's 1892 play continues to inspire. Though popularised by Scarlett Johansson in the 2004 film ...

A poem is a piece of writing that expresses a thought, a feeling or a story. World Poetry Day is a day that celebrates poems and all things poetry! It is celebrated every year on 21 March. World ...

In her new book, “Incomer,” Bonnie Proudfoot uses poetry to explore what it was like to make Central Appalachia her home.

Literal language is when we say what we mean. Like “The news van is parked outside,” or “Meeting new people makes me nervous.” Figurative language can be anything that doesn't mean what it says ...

St. Mary’s Primary School, Teemore, is celebrating fifty years since its inception and I was delighted to be asked to ...

After decades of dismissing Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats as a cultural punchline, Alexa Criscitiello attended THE JELLICLE BALL ...