Ekphrastic writing (poems, fiction, or creative nonfiction) is inspired by works of art (painting, sculpture, photography, or even architecture, music, or film) that attract, mesmerize, pierce or ...

And in honor of the month, here’s a “Jeopardy!” style quiz. Remember English Class for $200: “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” studied by many students in English classes, was written by John Keats and is also ...

A.O. Scott ponders the specific gravity and unlikely grace of Kay Ryan’s “Turtle.” And we have a game to help you memorize it. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott You can hear a reading of this poem, and ...

For those who follow poetry challenges on Morning Edition, our new one involves a vocabulary lesson: ekphrastic. Ekphrastic poems respond to a piece of art. According to the Poetry Foundation: Through ...