Nineteenth Century Charitable Association event features writer Nancy Matsumoto and the story of her poet grandparents who ...
We can be overwhelmed by reports filed from conflict zones. While they give a comprehensive account of a situation on the ground, sometimes the language fails. Which is where poetry comes in. One ...
War often reduces entire cultures and countries to one over-simplified narrative, particularly in the domain of news. Ukraine was first invaded by Russia in 2014, and then again in 2022, and that ...
Gandhi called non-violence “the only true force because war never brings justice; it only sows the seeds of fresh revenge.” ...
Words of Roomy, Faiz and others call out for peace in the times of war, during an event in the Delhi house of Chandigarh-bred ...
Dan Shannon of Anderson Township has created a national contest to find the best poem about America. Poet Thomas Buchanan Read wrote the famous Civil War poem “Sheridan’s Ride” in Cincinnati, first ...
Revolutionary War -- Paul Revere's Ride / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- Yankee Doodle / Anonymous -- To His Excellency General Washington / Phillis Wheatley -- Warren's Address to the American ...
In Russia, protesting against the war in Ukraine can be dangerous. But one Russian poet living in Moscow, Vadim Dzyuba, is speaking out.
For most people, their initial taste of military service is a solitary endeavor. They are typically young and single, with the ability to pick up and go to any clime and place with a minimum amount of ...
Amid a mounting death toll in Gaza and political peace maneuvering, a former Virginia poet laureate read poems and told stories to bring attention and reflection to the war and its victims. “We are ...
Earlier this month, a group of poets managed to disrupt the White House. Laura Bush had planned a Feb. 12 symposium on “Poetry and the American Voice” to celebrate the works of Walt Whitman, Langston ...
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