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Poetry

In March 2024, author and poet Christopher Cokinos joined three other artists in a simulated lunar mission named Imagination 1.

space exploration

A Poet’s Guide to the Moon and Eclipse

Author Christopher Cokinos can’t get enough of the moon.

Jonathan Feakins April 5, 2024

This first-century bust shows a stern matriarch carved sometime during Roman Emperor Trajan's reign.

The Forgotten Women Who Shaped the Roman Empire

From a first-century poet to a Roman consul’s wife.

Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing February 28, 2024

Sonnets still have a reputation for being about the unrequited love of a man for a woman.

The Most Romantic Poems of the Renaissance Weren't Always for Lovers

Declaring your love in a sonnet was not a couples-only endeavor.

Shannon McHugh February 12, 2024

Maldon, England

Statue of Byrhtnoth

This statue commemorates one of medieval England’s most courageous heroes.

Wellington, New Zealand

Wellington Writers Walk

Quotes and poems etched on stone plaques are hidden along this waterfront walkway.

The Yule Cat (or Jólakötturinn) serves as a warning for children to not misbehave, much like the threat of coal for naughty children on Christmas.

Beware the Yule Cat, Iceland’s Child-Eating Christmas Monster

But if you’re wearing new clothes, you have nothing to fear from Jólakötturinn.

Suzie Dundas December 22, 2023

Podcast: Nightwalking with Bianca Giaever

Hear what musings coming alive in the dark.

The Podcast Team December 20, 2023

10 Places to See Amazing Art on Florida's Gulf Coast

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James Whitcomb Riley Boyhood Home

Greenfield, Indiana

James Whitcomb Riley Boyhood Home

Take a glimpse into a pioneer-era homestead at the birthplace and home of Indiana's "Children's Poet."

The 13th-century Palmer Cup, in the British museum, is decorated with a line of Kushajim's poetry about wine.

The 10th-Century Master Chef Who Wrote Food Poetry

His verses offer a glimpse into the good life during the Islamic Golden Age.

Fehmida Zakeer October 12, 2023

Glasgow, Scotland

Poetry Postbox

A ceramic postbox where visitors can post original poems and creative messages.

Omar Khayyam Mausoleum

Neyshabur, Iran

Omar Khayyam Mausoleum

The beautifully designed resting place of Iran's national poet is a masterpiece of modern Persian architecture.

Spruce View, Alberta

Stephansson House Provincial Historic Site

This colorful historic site tells the story of Icelandic poetry and community in Central Alberta.

Huntington Station, New York

Walt Whitman's Birthplace

The famed poet was born in 1819 in a farmhouse built by his father.

West Hills, New York

Jayne's Hill

The poet Walt Whitman was a frequent visitor to this spot, the highest on Long Island.

Longfellow House is a stately manor on Brattle Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, owned by the literary family for nearly 130 years. It was also used as a headquarters by George Washington during the Revolutionary War.

Preserving the LGBTQ Legacy of One of America's Most Historic Homes

Boston’s Longfellow House was a 19th-century refuge.

Anya Gruber June 26, 2023

Mexico City, Mexico

Librería Porrúa's Sor Juana Book Mosaic

This mosaic made out of books represents one of Colonial Mexico's most important literary figures.

Little Wittenham, England

The Poem Tree Commemorative Stone

For a century and a half, this great beech stood bearing a carefully carved 20-line poem. Now this stone and plaque are all that remain.