The poem itself could be an entry. The speaker, a Black person, sees the world as a “fenced-off narrow space,” an unnecessarily walled place, and resolves to obliterate cruel boundaries.

In many ways, the poet's wonder at the world keeps him holding on to this faith in the way the universe works. In one poem he writes about a kind of jellyfish, and how the creature regenerates its ...

Bristling centipede, Blue-bubbled man-o’-war, Spitting spittlebug. Hail to the. hair-raising, hideous, weird, and wild. If you want to write poetry, grab a notebook, go for a walk, slow down ...

This week’s guest on “Poetry from Daily Life” is Joseph Bruchac, who lives in Greenfield Center, New York. Joe has been writing since his 2nd grade teacher, Mrs. Monthony, praised one of his ...

The world is too big to be thinking about you. You must not expect anything from it, dear. You thought this was a lie; it couldn’t be true. But now, everything has become very clear.

World Poetry Day is the occasion to honour poets, revive oral traditions of poetry recitals, promote the reading, writing and teaching of poetry, foster the convergence between poetry and other arts ...

On World Poetry Day, actor Siddhant Chaturvedi recalls writing his first poem at 15. It was his own version of Daffodils by William Wordsworth.

“Poet in the New World: Poems, 1946-1953” focuses on a transitional period in Miłosz’s life between World War II and his defection to the West from communist Poland.

For World Poetry Day, we take a deep dive into the trends that brought a renewed popularity to this genre. From social media to AI, new technologies have changed the way that we produce and ...