From inaugural poems to the songs we listen to, poetry is all around us. We just have to allow ourselves to see it. Poetry can and has had a tremendous impact on our society. Still to this day, I ...

Editor’s intro: Today, Bertha Rogers, teaching artist with Teachers & Writers Collaborative, shares how poetry can teach the world and make students feel at home in it. She also shares tips and ...

April is National Poetry Month, a time to honor poetry in all forms and poets from all backgrounds. In honor of the celebration, Princeton Professor of Poetry Lynn Melnick offered reflections on the ...

Jason Kuhl, the library system's chief executive director, introduced Waugh to library patrons in the November 2025 issue of ...

While the term “Instapoetry” may be unfamiliar to most, I assure you it is more familiar than you think. You’ve likely seen books of it cluttering the shelves of Target, or — as the name suggests — ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. “Open Form in American Poetry: Essays” by Burton Hatlen; University of Maine ...

In New England, the road oft taken is poetry. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Phillis Wheatley, Emily Dickinson, E.E. Cummings, Jack Kerouac, Sylvia Plath and Robert Frost are just a few of the ...

From drone strikes to the songs of the ancient caravans, the type of poem called landay reflects Afghan life. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Eliza Griswold, translator of Afghan women's landays. Eliza ...

Our poetry reviewer, Tess Taylor, received a stack of books over the course of this year to help encourage reading poetry. She began reading skeptically, but grew to love two of them: Why Poetry by ...

COMPRESSION is one pole of Japanese poetry; the other is richness of imagery and language. Because the imagery is traditional, the poet need only suggest in brief strokes. Because the poems are short, ...

Eileen Myles is easy to spot. The lanky poet, backpack strapped on, walks the New York streets with the confidence of someone who’s lived in the city’s East Village since 1977 and has their favorite ...

Two art forms that continue to resonate on the Westside combined this past month in an affair crossing all genres and generations. In April, Beyond Baroque in Venice hosted the third International ...