We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: maybe because it came as an unexpected gift from a friend or loved one, or in ...

Stephanie Pacheco, a student at Borough of Manhattan Community College, wrote “Dear CUNY” to celebrate the value New York’s ...

He’s a perceptive reader, and he has a knack for writing about poems in ways that lend shape and even excitement to the act of reading and thinking about them. He’s also comfortable ignoring some of ...

Daughtry is now planning the annual, three-day “Our Voices: Festival of Words” event this month, what he calls “an attempt to ...

As reported by the Hollywood Reporter, even after Val Kilmer’s acting career took off, he continued writing poetry for much of his adult life. He carried on writing poems well into his sixties, with ...

As an esteemed poet and a retired professor of philosophy at UW-Milwaukee, John Koethe kept those two worlds separate. “I ...

The son of an English teacher and a jazz musician, Rich Follett has a deep appreciation for the written word, particularly ...

Poetry in the Natural World" edited by 24th U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón. I'm your guide, Katie Campbell. I asked y'all to try writing a poem of your own — you delivered.

Happy National Poetry Month everyone! I love poetry and for the last several years have taken it upon myself to post a poem a ...

making him the “official poetic spokesman for the reign of Victoria,” according to the Poetry Foundation. He was also a “prolific reviser,” who frequently blotted out his words with ink ...

As I write, it’s been 590 days since my last period. I know this because of the app on my phone. The same app tells me that ...