Vincent D’Onofrio stood before me with his eyes closed. His black baseball cap partially shaded his face in the dark room, lit only by the art that he and fellow actor/artist Laurence Fuller—as the ...

Cornelius Eady, a National Book Award finalist, shared an excerpt from “Proof,” an original poem he has written for Zohran ...

American poet Amanda Gorman reads a poem during the 59th Presidential Inauguration of President Joe Biden. Patrick Semansky/Pool/AFP Poetry helped Amanda Gorman overcome her speech impediment, she ...

The secret to a good poetry recitation is subtly conveying the right emotions, at least according to Marshall School senior David Kamper. “That’s what you’re doing when you’re reciting poetry, you’re ...

Rendering tragic the death of a fly and poignantly reciting "O Captain! My Captain!" helped two Urbana High school students advance in the school's Poetry Out Loud competition Friday. Out of Urbana's ...

Ethan Hawke explains how his love of poetry actually came before his big break in "Dead Poets Society," and shocks Kelly by reciting an excerpt of "Marriage" by Gregory Corso which he still remembers ...

Armie Hammer braved the outdoors to recite some poetry. The “Call Me by Your Name” actor, 33, went to Central Park “weeks ago,” we’re told, to recite poet Wendy Cope’s “Valentine.” The result, which ...

With the aim of fostering human values through literary practice, a poetry recitation session was hosted in the capital by ...

Amanda Gorman has a superpower, and it's her voice. While many discovered the 23-year-old's talent when she recited a poem at President Joe Biden's inauguration, Gorman has been strengthening her ...

Rahele Megosha, a high school senior from South Dakota, has been named the 2021 Poetry Out Loud national champion. The competition invites high school students to memorize and recite great poetry, ...

One tribute to the late John Lewis began by noting his love of W. E. Henley’s “Invictus”; it seems to have been Nelson Mandela’s favorite too, as affirmed in Morgan Freeman’s reading of the poem.