Digging rock from hardscaped beds, I think, is a bit like not writing poetry—like thinking about writing poetry but digging ...

“Poetry is the art of compression, of saying in a few well-chosen words, enhanced with rhythm and musicality of language what ...

Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.” Alex Dimitrov, in his ...

For our series Making of a Poem, we’re asking poets to dissect the poems they’ve published in our pages. Nora Fulton’s poem “ ...

Shakespearean love poems? Something longer that you might find in a poetry book? Maybe something by Poe or Dickinson? Or perhaps you’re just taking your first steps into the world of poetry ...

Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to ... In fact, he wrote more than 300 poems and essays in the classical language. Only fragments remain of the work of Sappho, a poet born around 650 ...

Huebner, a part-time resident of Longboat Key, published his first book, “A Word for Our Time: Psalms Essays and Poetry for the Soul,” just before the end of the year. The collection of essays ...

But there's a problem: "pius" Aeneas, as he's called in the poem (meaning dutiful and, for lack of a better term, job-oriented), has his eyes on his mission to found a new city for his people ...

Essay on Women's Day 2025: International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8 every year to honor the achievements of women and promote gender equality. In 2025, the theme is "For ALL Women and ...

Then, when it was screened on TV in 1987, a national furore erupted. "FOUR LETTER TV POEM FURY" thundered the front page of one British newspaper, condemning the "cascade of expletives".

Announcing the Eighth Annual Fighting Words Poetry Contest! How can poetry be an effective response to current events and the issues impacting our communities? How can journalism and poetry help us ...

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “96 Vandam,” by Gerald Stern, and his own poem “Man on a Fire Escape.” The poets talk about “A Century of Poetry in The New Yorker.” ...