poetry

An immigration musicale in the making: The South American way

February 28, 2018 By Kátia Moraes

The 2018 show interweaves poetry, quotes, and stories in English with songs related to different aspects of being an immigrant.

For Black History Month: Recalling poet Paul Laurence Dunbar

February 13, 2018 By Special to People’s World

He wrote poetry, short stories, five novels, and a play. He also wrote lyrics for the first musical written and performed entirely by African-Americans to appear on Broadway.

Carry On: A poem for Jim Baldridge

January 26, 2018 By Les Bayless

Like everyone else, activists too come to the end of our time on Earth. Those who are left to mourn seek comfort where they can find it, perhaps most of all in acknowledging lasting influences, enduring...

This week in history: “Howl” has literary merit, not obscene

October 3, 2017 By Special to People’s World

Poetry has never since been tried for obscenity in the United States.

This week in history: September 21 is World Peace Day

September 18, 2017 By Special to People’s World

In 1982, the United Nations General Assembly declared, in a resolution sponsored by the United Kingdom and Costa Rica, the International Day of Peace, sometimes unofficially known as World Peace Day, to be devoted to commemorating...