I have met so many good people of Petersburg, and I love the great possibilities that the city has on the horizon' ...

Faiz Ahmad Faiz is a poet of this family, the family of which Persian poet Nazeeri Nishapuri said, “The one who is not killed ...

Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...

Over a career that’s now in its seventh decade, Frederick Seidel has published nearly 20 notable collections of poetry—work ...

PA In one poem, she describes the way she turned away from her mother, disgusted by her smell; her mother “gave up once and for all / on the project of loving me”. Her own children then seem ...

So, out of sheer boredom and curiosity, I decided to set a Hinge prompt as “write me a poem ... so in the name of all of us, boy bye! Two very different vibes here. The first poem is just ...

All of us as vital as the one light we move through.” Amanda Gorman was just 22 when her inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb”, read for Joe Biden’s presidency in 2021, made her a breakout ...

Jan. 16, 2025 Here is some of the greatest, most practical advice I’ve heard on how to start reading poetry: “A poem is best read in the light of all the ... it began for me with ‘The ...