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Watch Amanda Gorman Read Her Super Bowl Poem
National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman performed a poem at Super Bowl LV on Sunday.
Immigration Director Compares Statue of Liberty's Face to Tucker Carlson
Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli compared the Statue of Liberty and Fox News pundit Tucker Carlson.
Russia and Saudi Arabia Form New Oil Cartel, Mark 'Marriage' With a Poem
"Uncertainties remain, the challenge gets harder, but the future's bright, now we've a charter," the OPEC+ poem read.
Politician Describes Migrants as Rats, Forced to Resign
The poem—titled "The Town Rat"—compared migrants to rodents and decried the mixing of cultures.
Middle School Teacher Defends 'First Kiss' Conversation
An Atlanta middle school teacher resigned after a video surfaced showing him describing a sexualized "first kiss" scene that left parents speechless.
Why Did Miller Deride the Words at the Base of Liberty?
Stephen Miller's contention that Lazarus's "New Colossus" has an incidental relationship to the Statue is a callous fabrication.
What Is the Statue of Liberty Poem 'The New Colossus?'
Jim Acosta quoted the most famous couplet from Emma Lazarus's 1883 poem The New Colossus etched on the Statue of Liberty in his argument with Stephen Miller.
UAE Prince Bashes Qatar in Gulf Crisis Instagram Poem
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the United Arab Emirates' prime minister and prince of Dubai, bashed Qatar in his latest Instagram verse.
Orlando Shooting: This Powerful Poem Will Move You
"I wanted to do something that felt empowering, to say that love is big and inextinguishable," says poet Jameson Fitzpatrick.
Merkel Approves Criminal Probe Into Comedian
Jan Boehmermann is accused of violating a section of the German criminal code that prohibits insulting foreign leaders.
Turkey Asks Germany to Act Over Erdogan Poem
The obscene poem was intended to test German laws on free speech.
A Poem Composed From Emails Sent by Hillary Clinton
In emails to her aides, Hillary Clinton has her own vocabulary. We turned it into a poem.
Tolkien's First Fantasy Story Published
The Story of Kullervo was written in 1915 while the author was attending Oxford University.
The Owner of William Carlos Williams's Red Wheelbarrow
Nearly a century after Williams published "The Red Wheelbarrow," a literary critic has uncovered its owner's identity.
First Hispanic Poet Laureate Appointed by Library of Congress
Juan Felipe Herrera, the son of migrant farm workers, will be the first Mexican-American poet to hold the post.