Author Lyn Pottroff has recently released her debut book "Glory To Him: A Collection of Poems," a new collection of devotional poetry centered on themes of spiritual transformation, emotional renewal ...

A poem a day keeps the mind at play. That's the beauty of picking up a poetry collection: There's no pressure to read the book cover-to-cover. Readers can take it slow, savoring the verse and emotion.

Plato wasn't just criticizing Homer. He was competing with him, offering Greece a new mythology with new heroes.

When Assistant Professor of English Myronn Hardy moved back to the U.S. in 2018 after nearly a decade living in Morocco, the poet found North America both recognizable and unrecognizable. In the years ...

Poems will soon be popping up on scenic piers, bucolic tree-lined paths, and historical structures in parks throughout the five boroughs of New York City. The installations are part of the new “Park ...

A framed poster of a stamp depicting Langston Hughes, who wrote some of the best poems in American history. Poetry provides the perfect way to indulge in the escapism of reading without the commitment ...

A new anthology highlights the charms and drawbacks of very brief verse. By Elisa Gabbert I remember where I was when I first read two short poems. One, Margaret Atwood’s “You Fit Into Me” (“you fit ...

It is the translation by the octogenarian Australian poet Geoffrey Lehmann of a group of poems by Rilke, by common consent ...

I met Dan Selsam when we were toddlers. I liked letters. He liked numbers. I liked telling jokes. He liked solving math problems. We both liked the show “ThunderCats.” Years passed. I became a comedy ...

For poet Ada Limón, evidence of poetry is everywhere. It connects big ideas — like fear, isolation, even death — with little details — like field sparrows, a box of matches, or "the body moving / ...

Poet Safia Elhillo never used to write about her body. She felt safer writing poems that pointed the reader's gaze away from herself. "Up until this point, I only knew how to write a neat, tidy and ...