Poems are such versatile things. They can be as concise as a well-written line but also long enough to fill an entire book.

Though I read everything from memoirs to romantasy, there is one genre in particular that haunted me for a long time: poetry.

By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

Nothing New,” which the American poet wrote in 1918, is published for the first time in The New Yorker’s Anniversary Issue.

Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...

Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...

Honduran native Daniel Letona immigrated to the Boston area to build a high-tech career. He also found a community in the ...

If the solar system held a poetry slam, each planet would present its unique poetic style. Mercury delivers rapid-fire verses ...

FSU poetry professor James Kimbrell headlined The Jerome Stern Reading Series at The Bark, sharing work from his latest collection of poems.

Throughout history, poets have captured the essence of love, desire, longing, and devotion in their verses. Romantic poetry ...

Valentine's Day is a time for poetry, to speak of love and how romance and relationships change and deepen over time. Elders ...

Over a career that’s now in its seventh decade, Frederick Seidel has published nearly 20 notable collections of poetry—work ...