David L. Harrison A proverb is a short poem long on wisdom. Some familiar proverbs are "Easy come, easy go," "Never too old ...

Haiku can serve as a catalyst for discussion and creativity as students work together to create their own poems.

French director Maurice Attias, in residence at the Odyssey Theatre, brings a slice of French culture to L.A. with the West ...

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I have slept in many places, for years on mattresses that entered,” by Diane Seuss, and his own poem “This Is a Test of the Federal Emergency ...

World Poetry Day is observed annually on March 21 to pay tribute to poets. It also aims to promote the reading, writing, and teaching of poetry worldwide. Poetry is a form of art and culture.

An archive has revealed a handwritten copy of a 200-year-old poem originally written to prove rhyming is easy after an argument at a breakfast table. Marking World Poetry Day, Longleat in ...

The British sunk their claws into Hong Kong in stages. In 1842 they colonised Hong Kong island; 1860 saw the seizure of the Kowloon peninsula, and in 1898, the British took out a 99-year lease on ...

Lucas Hunter, 37, has been held for more than 60 days Sophie Hunter Lucas Hunter, 37, was motorcycling and kite surfing along the northern coast of Colombia when he sent his sister Sophie a ...

Lucas Hunter loves to kite surf, so along with his sister Sophie he planned a trip to Colombia to take advantage of the “good waves” in the north of the country in late December last year.