Franklin Abbott’s newest book, “My Ordinary Life,” is more than a collection of story poems. It’s a quiet reckoning with the extraordinary weight of recent years. With a gentle yet unflinching voice, ...

Longtime educator and author Laura Robb explains how daily practice with poems helped her granddaughter become a better ...

Aleena, an acclaimed young poet from Kerala, read her poems in English and Malayalam at Atta Galata in Bengaluru. The event, ...

An anthology of her teenage poetry, published for the first time, shows ambition, even if the verse isn’t perfect.

I like to play with other people’s words. Most of those words are now in the public domain, so everybody else’s words are also yours and mine. And R.W. Emerson lectures us that every word was once ...

One Irish man, Arun Sharma, explains how his upcoming poetry book has given him pause for reflection on his experiences growing up in Northern Ireland during The Troubles and become catharsis for the ...

When the world hit pause during the COVID-19 pandemic, many turned to baking, binge-watching shows or doing TikTok dances to ...

From ancient epics to modern masterpieces, poetry has shaped our understanding of humanity. Join us as we celebrate the ...

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

Rachel Trousdale’s work, for me, is part of a long American tradition of resisting, recognizing, and disputing our old American tradition of anti-intellectualism.” The Cardinal Poetry Prize, first ...

April is National Poetry Month. Poets share advice on how to make a meaningful connection with the art form. One tip? Think ...