Examining a song’s lyrics shorn of the music can highlight the themes that a songwriter returns to over time.

Local poet Rik Goodell had a good year, indeed. He won the International Western Music Association Award of Excellence for his album, "Cowboyin' with God," which was named the 2025 Cowboy Poetry Album ...

I thought that this month I would share with you a few reflections on a subject which has brought me endless pleasure throughout my lifetime – ...

I thought that this month I would share with you a few reflections on a subject which has brought me endless pleasure ...

When clever rhymes merge with sharply observed, everyday moments, you get “Docs and Ducks: A Quakery of Poems.” It’s a book ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) safety has turned into a constant cat-and-mouse game. As developers add guardrails to block ...

The Atlantic magazine introduced many now-classic works by writers including Longfellow, Whitman and Frost.

Last week, the Collegian published an opinion stating that the poetic environment at Kenyon discourages rhyme. This article characterizes the poetry curriculum here as inflexible, and that has never ...

There’s a prevalent belief in academic circles that we’ve “moved past” the need for the traditional rhyming poem. Sure, Wordsworth and Whitman were talented for their time, but this is the 21st ...

The fact that more people were focused on Slayer’s spate of shows than his solo effort must have really irked Kerry King. Dude was working on that for a while before the big show came back, but here ...