Humans spend most of their waking hours playing with what novelist Rudyard Kipling called “the most powerful drug used by mankind”—words. In the laboratories of our minds, we sort, slice, and string ...

Poetry is close to my heart. I would be lost without its very specific magic, its ability to spark wonder and shock and to open up fresh vistas on life in God. But as W. H. Auden famously says in his ...

What is poetry? Is it stanzas written on a page? The flow of words in a certain rhythm? And why have humans done it for thousands of years? These questions are at the heart of a—relatively ...

“Poetry therapy” is not a standalone form of therapy. However, therapists can incorporate it into other forms of therapy, such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Poetry as therapy encourages a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gorman’s editor, Tamar Brazis, editorial director of Viking Children’s Books, said in the statement, “Amanda Gorman is one of the ...