He’s a perceptive reader, and he has a knack for writing about poems in ways that lend shape and even excitement to the act of reading and thinking about them. He’s also comfortable ignoring some of ...

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

Poetry in the Natural World" edited by 24th U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón. I'm your guide, Katie Campbell. I asked y'all to try writing a poem of your own — you delivered.

As an esteemed poet and a retired professor of philosophy at UW-Milwaukee, John Koethe kept those two worlds separate. “I ...

When my father was living his last years in a nursing facility, there was a woman there who spoke no English. I don’t know ...

In tough times, Amanda Johnston is creating a community of gratitude with contributions from poets all across the state.

What came out? Poetry. From "Fragments of Me" They are everywhere. The fragments of me. In the closet, in the drawer, in the ceiling looking down. The fragments of me are all over the land.

She spoke with me from her home in Sonoma, California, and it was clear that if her term wasn’t ending, she would just keep spreading poetry all over the place as a way to soothe the turmoil she ...

It’s all connected. Collectively ... is small and enormous. Let me explain. In a poem, counterintuitively, compression creates expansion. A single image or metaphor opens up into a wide open ...

This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Charles Ghigna ... I’m not sure that was enough, but that’s all I had for her in that fleeting moment. Later, during a little afterschool ...

On the April 11 episode of KBS 2TV’s “Music Bank,” the candidates for first place were CLOSE YOUR EYES’ “All My Poetry” and KiiiKiii’s “I DO ME.” CLOSE YOUR EYES ultimately took ...

Warner-based poet and anthologist Matt Forrest Esenwine released a new anthology of children’s poetry at the start of the ...