As convenor of the Franke Lecture series this fall, Ayesha Ramachandran is inviting audiences to dive into lyric poetry — across time, cultures, and languages.

Discusses Greek lyric poetry, focusing on its emotional depth and the techniques used by poets like Cicus and Sappho to convey complex feelings through word harmony, rhythm, and vivid imagery. It ...

I was always a reluctant reader of poetry, but memorizing a poem every week gave me a new understanding of myself.

On a recent Friday afternoon, I joined Joe Hoover, S.J., our poetry editor, and James Davis May, the winner of last year’s contest, in a spirited debate to choose the winning poem for the 2025 ...

Poetry has a romantic aura to it, whereas lyric writing seems rather plebeian (to borrow a word from "Cry Me a River"). Writing lyrics doesn't have the cachet writing poetry has. It isn't as cool. And ...

In the Lyric Feature, Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan presents The Salt of Something New, featuring some new voices in the world of Irish poetry.

"Pipes of Peace" was a song that was a big hit in Great Britain for Paul McCartney upon its release in 1983. Once he received the brief for the song, he used some seemingly contradictory ...

His book Lyric Poetry takes you through a journey of understanding the strength and lyricism that can be achieved with the written word without music, along with the importance and beauty of this ...

Glück has died at 80 years old. When she won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2020, she became the first U.S. poet to be awarded in 70 years.

This week's column — from Ozark Mountain Daredevils founder Randle Chowning — includes a behind-the-scenes songwriting lesson.