Lyrics are often compared to poetry. Are they a form of "the poetic art?" Are they less "artistic?" Poetry has a romantic aura to it, whereas lyric writing seems rather plebeian (to borrow a word from ...

Poetry combined with hip-hop, classical and pop music has young poets competing for prizes from $100 to $1,000 at this year’s Dranoff 2 Piano Fusion “Piano Slam.” The music-poetry mashup is at the ...

Marina Diamandis, the indie-pop singer-songwriter previously known as Marina and the Diamonds, has never been afraid to pursue alternative ventures. She’s dabbled in floral design, studied psychology, ...

Considering February is the month of love, what better time could there be to write a love letter or poem to a beloved? To be loved and nurtured is a universal need. Being loved creates feelings of ...

It’s a sunny morning on Witherspoon Street. A couple holding hands strolls down the sidewalk, the woman wearing a sunhat and the man donning a baseball cap. A truck blares as it reverses into a minute ...

This video is no longer available. Usually reserved and keeping to himself, Tomar became intrigued when volunteers brought a keyboard into the D.C. jail on the first Tuesday afternoon of April. He ...