A world of poetry Professor in English and lit department, editor of book series for UChicago Press talks about writing, which poems have attached themselves to him ...

Poets write in rhyme, muse in metered form or cause us to gasp at perceptions that seem far larger than the mere words from which they're shaped. Welsh poet Dylan Thomas once defined poetry as a ...

Poetry can be hard, but it's more accessible than you think. Poets Clint Smith, more break down the genre and why it's perfect for summer reading.

March 21st is World Poetry Day, a day to celebrate the beauty and power of words. This special occasion shines a spotlight on Emirati poets, whose verses capture the essence of the UAE’s rich ...

Personal Perspective: This is the world we live in: The juxtaposition of poetry and science, the head and the heart. And each needs the other to flourish.

An upcoming poetry festival will be a reflection on Amanda Gorman’s poem “Chorus of the Captains,” which she recited at the Super Bowl in 2021.

The clipped syntax, jagged lines, the fixation on ordinary, even banal objects and actions, the wry, world-weary narratorial voice: This is the default register of most poetry written in the past ...

An upcoming poetry festival will be a reflection on Amanda Gorman’s poem “Chorus of the Captains,” which she recited at the Super Bowl in 2021.

In “The Lights,” the writer flickers between prose and verse, life and fiction, and the earthly and the alien, hoping to bring each closer to the other.

The world of poetry is wide—you can dig in to a longer poetry book or read short poems when time allows. And it’s an art form that pretty much anyone can appreciate; a lot of poets write ...

I am grateful for all the poets who submitted their work for the contest. Every year we get poems from all over the United States, and even across the world, about any number of topics.