‘Are we staying in this darkness?’: Emily Dickinson and Taylor Swift are related. Fans are finding strange connections between their work
‘Who was more of a tortured poet than Emily Dickinson?’
On Mar 4, 2024 by Grace Fowler
‘I have no shame’: Student volunteers to share a poem in class—but it’s actually the Shakira song from ‘Zootopia’
‘His life is just Zootopia at this point.’
On Sep 29, 2023 by Grace Fowler
‘DO NOT READ TEN LEGS EIGHT BROKEN’: This viral spider poem is moving TikTokers to tears
Inspiring sympathy for a dying spider, the poem ‘Ten Legs, Eight Broken’ is all over TikTok.
On Jul 3, 2023 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
Servers mock customer’s extensive order by turning it into a slam poem
‘I would have hit decline faster than it took them to feel good about sending that.’
On Jun 2, 2022 by Braden Bjella
A poetry magazine parted with an editor after she tweeted that the ‘general population has no interest in what we do’
The backlash to the magazine’s decision was swift.
On Sep 7, 2021 by Stacey Ritzen
Graphic poem about racism from Charlottesville mayor freaks out online prudes
Posts from Mayor Nikuyah Walker are receiving praise and criticism online.
On Mar 24, 2021 by Mikael Thalen
Cynthia Nixon embodies feminist rage in viral video
‘Be a lady, they said.’
On Feb 25, 2020 by Siobhan Ball
Alt-lit poet Steve Roggenbuck admits to sending sexual messages to underage girl
Others have come forward with allegations of abuse.
On Oct 5, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
Researchers taught an AI to compose Shakespearean sonnets
Shall I compare thee to a computer’s display?
On Aug 12, 2018 by Christina Bonnington
This is Bill Murray reading a poem about a dog, and that’s all it needs to be
Murray has a real tail to tell.
On Mar 18, 2018 by Josh Katzowitz
William Carlos Williams’ famous ‘plums’ poem is now Twitter’s favorite meme
We needed this truly earnest meme.
On Nov 29, 2017 by Tiffany Kelly
These ‘Milk and Honey’ memes turn Vines into works of poetry
This wildly popular poetry book is now a great meme.
On Aug 8, 2017 by Jay Hathaway
26 places fidget spinners do not belong
A very thorough guide.
On Jun 18, 2017 by Monica Riese
Insane Clown Posse sued for allegedly stealing a poem from ‘Chicken Soup for the Soul’
It appeared in ‘A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul.’
On Mar 31, 2017 by Christine Friar
Why this William Carlos Williams poem is the perfect meme
Forgive me.
On Nov 1, 2016 by Miles Klee
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