Good poetry can help us hold two opposing ideas in our minds at once. For instance: A new year is a blank page, waiting for us to write on it. It is a chance to begin all over again. A new ...

Amanda Gorman, who famously recited a moving poem at the 2021 presidential inauguration, has just released a new work to mark the ringing in of the new year. On Wednesday, Instagram debuted Gorman ...

Emperor Naruhito once again wished for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic in his poem for the annual New Year Poetry Reading at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Also just like last year, all ...