In 1993, a poetry anthology appeared that seemed to speak directly to the spirit of the times and, in so doing, appeal to an audience far larger than what poetry in English could generally boast. More ...

What's a poet's best friend if not a dictionary? Poets are makers, etymology teaches us. They build out of words simple and complex, familiar and strange. The marvel of the poem is to be at once ...

If you think poetry isn't for you, this might be the right time to give it a second chance. Every April in the United States, National Poetry Month invites you to experience and celebrate an art form ...