On Bhagat Singh's 117th birth anniversary, Utkarsh Mishra recounts fascinating incidents from the legend's life.

The 76th death anniversary of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan, was commemorated at the National Press Club in Dhaka with Urdu songs and poetry on Wednesday. Speakers on the ...

New Delhi: In a quiet corner of Delhi’s Neb Sarai, a small band of Urdu poetry lovers gathered for an evening of verse. But this time, it wasn’t love or heartbreak in the air—it was words of protest, ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Heidi Mordhorst, who lives in Silver Spring, Maryland — a short bike ride from Washington, D.C. Heidi began writing poems early in childhood and ...

Keating doesn’t have to tell readers how she feels – the poems speak for themselves. The arc of the poet’s life is glimpsed in the Table of Contents, beginning after the preface with “The ...

A poet respects his audience. Writing poetry for young people is not for everyone. In addition to learning how to apply the traditional tools of the poet’s trade, one must understand the ...

Considering poetry to be an invitation, a life force, a breath where we swallow words; a tap at the door to open to enter a shared space, Pinto began with a prayer, where the audience matched his ...

The Queen of the Night is someone who has this very alluring, magnetic energy in a gathering, or maybe even just catches your ...

Poetry doesn’t just reflect life—it makes life an object of art. Whatever state or mood you’re in, poems about life are there ...