The ghazal is a formal poem that has roots in seventh-century Arabia and was often sung by musicians. The poet Agha Shahid Ali introduced the form to America. “Ghazal” literally means “the cry of a ...

William Butler Yeats’ “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” is about the allure of an imagined refuge. The poem’s distressed urban speaker fantasizes about fleeing the city and retreating to an idyllic Irish ...

Jack Veasey, author of "Shapely: Selected Formal Poems," gives a poetry reading at Ryerss Museum in Philadelphia May 20, 2012. (Submitted photo.) Sometimes, before Jack Veasey took the stage, before ...

When Jack Veasey sent me a press kit and copy of his recently published selected poems late last fall, my first thought was, how do I review one of the most iconic veteran poets in this region? Then: ...

Poet Miguel González-Gerth, now 90, has written in traditional forms and in free verse. While his strong formal poems never fall heavily on their rhymed endings, the free verse lyrics tend to be even ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...