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Poet Hart Crane was born Harold Hart Crane in Garrettsville, Ohio, in 1899. His mother was a Chicago debutante, and his father was a very s...

In July, this blog, a companion to our main website, crossed the one million visitor mark. Since that point, as of today, we have added anot...

It is said that a young Japanese poet once asked a Chinese poet how to compose a Chinese poem. “The usual Chinese poem is four lines," ...

The name “Trinity” was chosen for the first nuclear test by J. Robert Oppenheimer. He said later that he didn't know the exact reason wh...

Back in 2005, we used the prompt " Being in the Moment " with a model poem by Jane Hirshfield. It received 9 interesting comments....