A Defence of Poetry is the culminating expression of Shelley's theory of poetry, a prose poem that sings amid its uncertainty, where its force comes from ‘the mixture of ‘as Michael O'Neill writes of ...

There was being a child, and then there is wanting so desperately to stay as one — being so fraught and bruised and tired with the heresy of time. There you are, placing the rainbow-colored ...

“It began with me having very outlandish ideas,” she recently recalled. “At one point, I thought we should rent a plane, and put poetry on little native seed packets that would fly out of the plane ...

Poems can vary widely in length, structure and style, allowing flexibility and expression. Ranking Shakespeare’s poems is not easy, and scholars and readers often argue about which of his works ...

The thrust on everything else, including a lyrical and meditative poetry-like-prose, seems to, as journalists would say, bury the lead. That is where the story sinks.

Susan Shelley is an editorial writer and columnist for the Southern California News Group, writing on local, state and national issues. She is president of the nonpartisan civic organization ...

I have recently finished a monograph on the relationship on Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poetry and drama ... bioluminescence and crime scene investigations, and resulted in a prose poetry collection, The ...

Based in Nipomo, the Coastal Dunes chapter of the California Writers Club (CWC) will be celebrating its fifth annual ...

I would go to war for Baxter of California’s Deep Clean apple cider vinegar shampoo, and I use Harry’s for dandruff, and Geologie Co-Wash for moisture, but I've been curious about Prose ...

Get ready to be overwhelmed by tenderness and beauty: A new Joan Shelley EP is on the way. The Kentucky folk singer-songwriter will release Mood Ring in October, and its opener/title track is as ...