In four new collections, a frank look at disability, a celebration of domestic life (and dogs), a gathering of hushed moments ...

O n that day when the soul dresses in white and the heart beats stronger, every word spoken takes on an eternal meaning.

Poetry is a space to experiment with language — communications through this medium enables deeper emotional expression. This ...

From staff reports Limericks are one of the most famous forms of poetry in the Western world. Short and easily memorized, the five-line rhymes are often absurd and frequently obscene, as evidenced by ...

What’s your favorite Langston Hughes poem? Maybe it’s one you grew up with. Maybe it’s one you stumbled across in a moment of need. Either way, I’d love to know why it matters to you.

The most famous of all Christmas poems ... publishing dozens of poetry books in his short lifetime (he died in 1906). His poem “Christmas in the Heart” describes the “glee of Christmas ...

Imbuing his work with a volatile mix of tenderness, aggression, sophistication, and obscenity, the Roman poet left a record ...

You might know Maria Shriver because of her famous family, or because of her ... and out it came." What came out? Poetry. From "Fragments of Me" They are everywhere. The fragments of me.

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 ...