A framed poster of a stamp depicting Langston Hughes, who wrote some of the best poems in American history. Poetry provides the perfect way to indulge in the escapism of reading without the commitment ...

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for when you ...

Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition? Think again.

American poet Emily Dickinson. A mystical recluse, she lived all her life in Amherst, Massachusetts. Emily Dickinson was a 19th-century American poet whose name has become synonymous with classic ...

From the sonnets of William Shakespeare to the writings of Walt Whitman and the rejuvenating words of Amanda Gorman, poetry is indelibly writ into the fabric of not only popular culture, but the ...

Alex Dimitrov’s fifth collection, “Ecstasy,” offers a rollicking paean to pleasure. By Tas Tobey Tas Tobey is on the staff of the Book Review and is studying poetry in the M.F.A. program at the City ...