Poems about life for nearly every situation Poetry doesn’t just reflect life—it makes life an object of art. Whatever state or mood you’re in, poems about life are there to guide you, to ...

Welcome mats bearing the legend “difficult” and “allusive” are the ones often placed by critics at the door of T. S. Eliot’s ...

Our critic A.O. Scott walks you through a poem that speaks to his mood right now. It’s called “Party Politics,” but it’s not about those parties, or those politics.

If you enjoy poems by Amanda Gormon, you’ll surely like her work as well. And get this: she penned this heartfelt poem about friendship for her advocate Susan B. Anthony’s 80th birthday.

To mark the end of National Poetry Month, our critic at large, A.O. Scott, unpacks Frank O’Hara’s classic love poem, “Having a Coke With You.” “The feeling of the poem is the feeling of ...

Kwame Alexander, our poet-in-residence, loves power naps. Write a poem about how a nap helps you restore, and it may be read on Morning Edition.

Could Taylor Swift welcome a new "era" of poetry appreciation? We've got a guide on how to write a poem and 11 prompts to inspire your writing.

And core to Lerner’s identity is that, even in fiction, he is a poet who tries to write poems. In Lerner’s newest collection, The Lights, he returns to poetry after a sort of hiatus.

How do you judge the poetry here? SR: I think Sharon Olds tried really hard to be super objective when she was judging the quality of code-davinci-002’s poetry.