With major wars raging in Europe and the Middle East and with the U.S. Veterans Day upon us, perhaps it is time to re-engage with the magnum opus of war poetry, Homer's "The Iliad." A new translation ...

“In the particular is the universal,” said James Joyce. In Forest of Noise, the particular is the Israel-Hamas war and the suffering of the Gazans, as recorded by the award-winning poet Mosab Abu Toha ...

Café Review: Ukrainian Poetry of War and Hope; Anna Halberstadt and Philip Nikolayev, guest editors; Xpress, Portland, Maine, Summer 2024; 88 pages, perfect bound; single copy $18, one-year ...

Veterans Day is next Thursday, November 11. The new "Folio Book Of War Poetry" is a collection of works by great poets that depict - as maybe only poetry can - the losses and valor that can be borne ...

We can be overwhelmed by reports filed from conflict zones. While they give a comprehensive account of a situation on the ground, sometimes the language fails. Which is where poetry comes in. One ...

Amid a mounting death toll in Gaza and political peace maneuvering, a former Virginia poet laureate read poems and told stories to bring attention and reflection to the war and its victims. “We are ...

Homer wrote about the Trojan War; Alfred Lord Tennyson, the Crimean War; Walt Whitman, the Civil War; Wilfred Owen, World War I. Their poems are part of world history and culture. Poets should and ...

Lindsey Hilsum is an award-winning correspondent with Britain’s Channel 4 News who has contributed to the News Hour with reports from Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and more. Her new book, "I ...