When children write poetry, they often jump in with only a vague idea then follow where it leads — adults can do that, too, ...

Poet Mary Jo Bang has spent the last two decades translating the three books of Dante's Divine Comedy. Purgatorio is the final installment and continues her style of lively, lyrical translation.

From classics to modern masterpieces, these great poetry books—recommended by poets themselves—belong on your bookshelf.

Bentley would publish his first collection of clerihews Biography for Beginners in 1905, which included what is widely believed to be his first clerihew poem that he’d written at the age of 16 about ...

“Ode to the Resurrection of Mayahuel” Brenda Vaca. “ Somos Xicanas .” ...

PRISON REFORM AND JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM. WELL, IN OMAHA, MAN IS SHARING THE POWER OF POETRY TO HELP HEAL AND TRANSFORM.

Poetry from Daily Life: Do your part and provide a poem for a kid who needs one Alan Katz Special to the News-Leader 0:00 ...

John Koethe spent decades as a philosophy professor. The poems in his latest collection, “Cemeteries and Galaxies,” are full of reflection and digression and probing.

Mary Oliver was a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who made nature and everything around you feel sacred, and she turned solitude into friendship. Here are 8 pieces that feel like deep exhales, like ...

This is the 12th article in a special series by Ally Adnan that brings to life memorable incidents from the rich and fascinating life of Hazrat Amir Khusrau, whose timeless legacy continues to ...