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The Only Piece of Roman Pottery Inscribed with Poet Virgil’s Verse Discovered
Although popular, his works have never been found as decoration before and they believe the inscription on the bottom of an olive oil amphora...
Poets in Europe Are Writing Tributes For the Lonely Funerals of Society’s ‘Unclaimed’ Citizens
We felt like we were being serenaded with kindness when we learned that in the Netherlands and Belgium there are official ‘City Poets’ who...
World-Renowned Psychiatrist is Writing COVID Prescriptions… For Daily Poetry Reading
One doesn't need Good News Network to tell them there are a lot of people whose minds and moods have been darkened by the...
Youngest Poet Ever to Recite at Presidential Inauguration Beats Speech Impediment to Take Global Stage in D.C.
You may already have heard that Lady Gaga and J-Lo will be performing at the presidential inauguration tomorrow. But how about Amanda Gorman?
While Gorman...
Chinese Company Ships Crates of Masks to Italy Covered in Italian Poetry: We Are ‘Leaves of the Same Tree’
Chinese electronics company Xiaomi sent crates filled with protective masks to Italy and stapled loving roman poetry on the sides.
Town Became Unified by Anointing a Homeless Poet as Their ‘Adopted Grandfather’
This town has been nominated as one of the nicest places in America – and its compassionate spirit is best exemplified by their local “grandfather”.
Tribute: Leonard Cohen the Smoky Prince of Prose and Poetry (1934-2016)
Beloved sultry singer Leonard Cohen – after a 50 year career of music and poetry – passed away peacefully last night at the age of 82.
Poetry in Motion: Power Plant Will Use Ocean Tides to Power 155K Homes
This planned power plant in Wales may look like the Guggenheim Museum but its benefits far outweigh the beauty: it will use the rise...
Poet Decides to Use $500K Genius Grant to Send Caregivers on Vacations
For two years, Heather McHugh held on to half-million dollars.
After being awarded a $500,000 MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant for her poetry, she just couldn’t decide...
First Latino U.S. Poet Laureate Named, Weaves English, Spanish into Poems
The son of migrant farmworkers, who fled the 1910 Mexican Revolution, has been named the first Latino Poet Laureate of the U.S.
As he announced...
A Poet Wore Plastic Bags On the Street Until Kind Stranger Hears His Dream
He lived on the same San Paulo street corner for 18 years. The black plastic bags wrapped around him and long tangled hair and...
Poet Infiltrates Atlanta Streets With Stealth Haiku Campaign
We love stealth art campaigns here at the Good News Network, like PARK(ing) spots created in San Francisco, and soon to be in DC,...
Portugal Bike Paths Decorated with Poetry (Video)
A new set of bike paths placed along the Tejo river in Lisbon, are filled with phrases from a famous Portuguese poem by Fernando...
Poets Hold Literary Live Aid for Haiti While Britain Sends Tons of Iron for Housing
A collection of the great and good from the world of poetry gathered in London for a live poetry reading to raise money for...
Poetry for the Soul in First Afghan National Park
Band-e-Amir, a vast expanse of amazingly blue lakes set in austere desert cliffs, nearly 3,000 meters (10,000 feet) high in the Hindu Kush mountains,...
Math is Poetry for Autistic Savant
Daniel Tammet is an autistic savant. He can perform mind-boggling mathematical calculations at breakneck speeds. But unlike other savants, who can perform similar...
April is National Poetry Month
The Academy of American Poets established National Poetry Month in 1996. Their website is in celebration mode and lists 30 ways ...
Good News in History, April 18
80 years ago today, the inaugural hearing of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) also called the World Court, was held at the Peace...
Good News in History, April 13
Today is Vaisakhi, the second most important day of the year on the Punjabi calendar, on which Sikhs from around the world celebrate a...
Good News in History, April 12
467 years ago, Cuenca was founded in Ecuador, a city of such beauty that it has become known as the "Athens" of South America....