The 19th-century English poet was a "prolific reviser" who tested out many variations of his work before publication. A new ...

We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

Stephanie Pacheco, a student at Borough of Manhattan Community College, wrote “Dear CUNY” to celebrate the value New York’s ...

These collections by Juliana Spahr, Mai Der Vang, Hasib Hourani and Martín Espada invite us to rethink the relentless accumulation of history.

For this meeting, the Thornbury Camera Club welcomed poet Lis Bull to present Lissie’s Poems. Lis was led to poetry to cope with a personal loss. Words helped her overcome her loss and have inspired ...

April is National Poetry Month, and what better way to celebrate than with a new poetry collection (or eight)? These books ...

Becoming a mother having lost a mother added a layer of complexity I didn’t expect until the baby was in my arms, and I felt ...

Spring break has officially dawned for most high school students throughout the Yakima Valley, barely more than two weeks after the spring season itself officially broke on the calendar.

"When I keep my journal, it’s big, like a telephone book, because I always feel that that will never get lost," said Nicks.

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for ...

Poetry in the 21st century is both ubiquitous and oddly peripheral. Verses are displayed on subway walls, recited on momentous occasions, and served up in giant fonts on social media, but rarely ...

These days, Alissa Quart’s attention has broken into strange shapes. But she has found a reprieve in one thing: poetry.