Make SFGATE a preferred source so your search results prioritize writing by actual people, not AI. Add Preferred Source Some people seem surprised by the idea that poets do any thinking at all. There ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Poetry first originated as a form of expression 4,000 years ago in Babylon, but nowadays countless forms of poems are available for everyone to enjoy. Poetry uses imagery and rhythm as a way to tell ...

Where are the boundaries between adjacent literary forms? When does prose become poetry, poetry become song, song become theater? These bounds are collapsing as contemporary artists experiment. Though ...

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 ...