As I weaved through the verses, I felt myself steadying on stage, anticipating the next line and delivering it with just the ...

Langston Hughes poems guaranteed to move you Langston Hughes is one of the most prolific yet most underrated American poets ...

Our critic A.O. Scott walks you through a poem that speaks to his mood right now. It’s called “Party Politics,” but it’s not about those parties, or those politics.

The film rebuts that idea with a quote from Charles Bukowski, "Poetry is what happens when nothing else can." That does not ...

Poets.org: Welcome to the Guest Editor Q&A, hosted by the Academy of American Poets. I’m Mary Sutton, senior content editor at the Academy, and I’m here today with the Guest Editor for November, Laura ...

When I came back from Iraq, I carried with me the images of landscapes littered with ruined bodies. To deal with the stew of ...

This weekend showcases the endless possibilities in Iowa City from the Mic Check Poetry Fest to special film screenings ...

No, oh we think about ... TESTAMENT: I mean often when I look at a poem for the first time, I'm trying to think well, what's it made me feel? What's it triggered in me? Has it given me an emotion?

Mark Jarman’s poem spoke to me today, such a short time before the election. Everything is always on the cusp, isn’t it?

Santa Fean Arthur Sze is the winner of the 2024 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, awarded by the Library of ...