poetry

From Lebanon's Marcel Khalife, Songs of Strife and Love

In another in our series about the Kennedy Center's Arabesque art festival, Jeffrey Brown profiles Lebanese folk singer Marcel Khalife, who for nearly 40 years has been rousing audiences with songs about love and strife, politics and injustice.

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Tonight on the NewsHour: Marcel Khalife

By Arts Desk

Friday on the NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown profiles Marcel Khalife, who for nearly 40 years has been rousing audiences with songs about love and strife.

Weekly Poem: 'Advertisement for the Mountain'

Christina Davis is the author of "Forth A Raven" (Alice James Books, 2006). In February, Poet Laureate Kay Ryan chose Davis and Mary Szybist for the 2009 Witter Bynner Fellowships.

Weekly Poems: By Washington and Lincoln

By Arts Desk

For Presidents Day (and two days after Valentines Day), here are poems by two presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, that hit on the theme of love.

Cynthia Zarin Reads 'Harriet' and Other Poems

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Cynthia Zarin is the author of three books of poetry -- "The Swordfish Tooth" (1989); "Fire Lyric" (1993); and "The Watercourse" (2002, Los Angeles Times Book Prize) -- and five books for children.

Cynthia Zarin

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Poet Cynthia Zarin reads some of her poems.

Transcript of Lincoln Inspires Poem for 16th President

Poet and journalist Cynthia Zarin often writes poems inspired by news articles. In 1989, she came across a story about a handwritten transcript found in a shoebox. It recorded a case in which then-lawyer Abraham Lincoln successfully defended a man…

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Transcript of Lincoln Inspires Poem for 16th President

By Margaret Myers

Weekly Poem: 'Apology'

Mary Szybist is the author of "Granted," which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. In February, Poet Laureate Kay Ryan chose Szybist and Christina Davis for the 2009 Witter Bynner Fellowships.

Weekly Poem: 'Pittsburgh'

In honor of the Steelers' Super Bowl victory, we've gone into the Poetry Series archive.