Joe Coelho looks at how poetry can be performed, bringing the words to life rather than keeping them on the printed page, in ...

Here are the year’s most notable collections of verse as chosen by our poetry columnist. Credit...Photo illustration by Sebastian Mast Supported by By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of ...

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William Shakespeare is the bestselling poet of all time. The word 'poetry' is from the Greek term poiesis, which means 'making'. The oldest written poem is the Epic of Gilgamesh originating from ...

It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...

April is National Poetry Month—perhaps a good time to review the positive aspects of reading and writing poems. Poetry is a genre of writing in which succinct, vivid, and intense language is given to ...

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “A Worldly Country,” by John Ashbery, and her own poem “Beagle or Something." The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “In the Waiting Room,” by ...

Poetry has many benefits. From developing empathy and providing support for mental health needs, to reconsidering our relationship with nature and even potentially improving immune system and lung ...