These collections by Juliana Spahr, Mai Der Vang, Hasib Hourani and Martín Espada invite us to rethink the relentless accumulation of history.

T oday The Atlantic launches “The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far),” a new editorial project that brings ...

We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

From social media to AI, new technologies have changed the way that we produce and consume poetry. For World Poetry Day, we ...

Prolific poets in Massachusetts are showing off their skills in a contest.The nonprofit group Mass Poetry is holding their ...

Mass Poetry is thrilled to announce its second annual Teen Spoken Word Festival “Write Here | Write Now | Speak Loud!”, set to take place on March 15-16, 2025, at Emerson College. This groundbreaking ...

Revered Black queer poet and activist Essex Hemphill’s literary works have finally returned to print in a newly released collection called Love is a Dangerous Word: the Selected Poems of Essex ...

In her words, poems were a tool to tell the truth. The form helped her process grief. While they may not have brought any hope, they did suggest change with the fight she was putting up against ...

and puzzlemaster Will Shortz. Sunday Puzzle: Compound word sets On-air challenge: You'll get three words starting with the letters C, P, and R (as in the life-saving technique). For each set ...

Written in all caps, the poem reads: “LOVE. THERE IS NO VERSION OF THE WORD THAT IS APPLICABLE TO SUZANNE. THE CLOSEST VERSION IN WORDS ISN’T EVEN CLOSE. IT’S NOT EVEN A FRACTION OF A ...

SEE ALSO: We urgently need to talk about the grey areas of bad sexual encounters Spoken word poet Holly McNish performed a poem about our lack of communication about our sexual satisfaction in the ...