The Chronicle of Higher Education

Mexican Court Says Professor May Be Prosecuted for Poem That Offends National Symbols

Mexico’s Supreme Court has ordered Sergio Witz, a poet and professor of literature, to face trial on charges of “offending national symbols” after he published a protest poem that proposed using the ...
The Atlantic

Poem of the Day: ‘Bardic Symbols’ by Walt Whitman

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. This week marks 157 years since Walt Whitman’s poetry first appeared in ...
The Nation Newspaper

Of poems and symbols of terrorism

POEMS convey thoughts in deeper and more concise forms. They are feelings of the inner mind that pierce the heart. The words are naturally chosen for proper effects and to also convey the appropriate ...
WBAL

The story behind 'The New Colossus' poem on the Statue of Liberty and how it became a symbol of immigration

(NEW YORK) -- "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." These iconic words from "The New Colossus" — the 1883 poem written by American Emma Lazarus are etched in ...