April is National Poetry Month and a good time to consider beginning a poetry writing practice for yourself and/or your ...

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón’s newest book, “Against Breaking: On the Power of Poetry” is an easy read that packs a lot into its roughly 60 pages.

For those who follow poetry challenges on Morning Edition, our new one involves a vocabulary lesson: ekphrastic. Ekphrastic poems respond to a piece of art. According to the Poetry Foundation: Through ...

Poetry can literally give you chills. A Free Press intern explains why — and how to start reading it without fear.

The Poetry Society of Vermont will host its Spring Workshop, “An Exploration of Voice in Poetry,” on Saturday, May 16, 2026, ...

The first eight pages of Michael Robbins’s new book, “Equipment for Living: On Poetry and Pop Music” (Simon & Schuster), make reference to Annie Dillard, Harold Bloom, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, ...

Interpreting trauma through verse In 1949, the German philosopher and social theorist wrote, “to write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric.” He questioned how poetry could serve to interpret and find ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By David Orr RHYME’S ROOMS The Architecture of Poetry By Brad Leithauser If you write about poetry, ...

I discovered Ellen Bass’ poem, Birdsong from My Patio, during the first UK lockdown. My garden hedge was stuffed with sparrows who seemed to always be singing. I expected to see and hear them in this ...