poetry

Featuring free classical music performances, poetry walks, historical discussions and even a 'drunk history' comedy show, Black History month in New York City offers something for just about everyone.

The position comes with a $5,000-a-year honorarium, according to the city.

April is National Poetry Month and we’re celebrating local poetry.

Titled “Kan Yama Kan,” which means “once upon a time” in Arabic, the event welcomes aspiring and established writers and poets to share their work openly in front of others.

It's poetry month, so Hill and Lehrer brought the rhymes.

A Chelsea brownstone has put up a holiday tribute to Clement C. Moore, the man who allegedly wrote "Twas the night before Christmas" there.

Wright's haikus are now the subject of "Seeing Into Tomorrow," a new public art project by the Poetry Society in which some of his verses have been turned into large-scale installations around Brooklyn.

We invited people to send us a poem, written in any form, on whatever emergence meant or inspired for them.

If you take the subway, you'll be seeing "Smelling the Wind" by Audre Lorde and "A Night in a World" by Heather McHugh.

Our month-long poetry challenge comes to an end, here's a recap, along with some new poetry.