From a collection set in a landfill to an author’s cultural exploration of a critically endangered species, these books ...

Marginality, mass death—these are just a few of the reasons why the oeuvre of Essex Hemphill, who died of the virus in 1995, ...

A poetry-based art installation adorns a non-working public pay telephone on Ocean Street in Santa Cruz.

Lucero keeps Ben Nichols busy. The Memphis-based collective has been going strong since 1998, touring constantly and ...

In a world awash in tragedy, it’s easy to overlook the ordinary: the simple beauty of the everyday, the breeze that reminds ...

These lovely short poems for kids will get the little ones excited to read stanza after stanza Short poems for kids that ...

Young people are losing touch with nature – but poetry can help them reconnect, reflect and care more deeply about the world ...

July 17 - Satellite imagery indicates that a new maritime pier has been completed at North Korea's key rocket station, where the latest spy satellite launches and other rocket tests have been ...

Journey through time to discover the most famous poets who ever lived! Celebrate these literary masters with us.

In the process of appreciating poetry, sensory modalities provide rich perceptual dimensions that form the preliminary imagery of the poem. Background information, on the other hand, provides insights ...

Poetry therapy reminds us that when trauma and grief steal our words, verse can gently lead us back home.

For our series Making of a Poem, we’re asking poets and translators to dissect the poems they’ve published in our pages. Nasser Rabah’s poem “The War Is Over,” translated from the Arabic by Wiam ...