In a poem about life we’d all best remember, Rumi writes of a negative emotion: “He may be clearing you out/ for some new delight.” When negative thoughts start to affect us too much, ...

The longevity and work of the Alchemy Club, a local poetry group with a freshly minted book, seems true to its name.Not only did early members find their poetry “developing and changing as from ...

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

Alex Dimitrov’s fifth collection, “Ecstasy,” offers a rollicking paean to pleasure. By Tas Tobey Tas Tobey is on the staff of the Book Review and is studying poetry in the M.F.A. program at ...

Through television, Moyers connected Americans with poets at street level, an especially valuable gift since few of us get to ...

On March 26, Caroline Kennedy flips through her new book "Poems to Learn by Heart" during an interview with The Associated Press in New York. Kennedy's 10th and latest book extols the value of ...

Sanchez finally recognized the poem as the expression of the love his father never expressed aloud or with hugs. He included “To Trino” in “Poems by Father and Son,” his 1991 anthology of ...

TRUE LIFE, by Adam Zagajewski.Translated by Clare Cavanagh. The Polish poet Adam Zagajewski’s great poem “To Go to Lvov” has a special importance for many young poets in different languages.

“But I do think Poetry Out Loud is a good way to express yourself.” For the regional contest on Feb. 1 in Burlington, Samantha must choose another poem. Maybe something by Walt Whitman, she said.

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