I never saw a Purple Cow, I never hope to see one, But I can tell you, anyhow, I’d rather see than be one! In 1895, American writer and humorist Frank Gelett Burgess penned those lines, which became ...

Like Shakespeare’s Cassius, February has a “lean and hungry look.” The month is short, which is all to the good given its Arctic blasts of wind and storm. But even so, the time we spend in winter’s ...

This is a different kind of poetry performance—rather than the lone, solemn figure of the poet standing on stage, a whole ambience has been created with a canopy of ...

Today’s Poem of the Day marks the one-year anniversary of this weekday feature at the revived New York Sun. As of today, we’ve brought our readers two hundred sixty poems, voices from the past and the ...

What kind of light is the "sevenfold light"? A question about a line of poetry becomes the gateway to a long conversation ...

Last week, light was a big theme in my week. Thanks to poet Dr. Monica Mody, who recently moved to town, I shared in my first Diwali ceremony. Diwali has been celebrated in India by people of all ...