The New York Times

A Poem About Waiting, and Wishing You Had a Drink

Our critic A.O. Scott walks you through a poem that speaks to his mood right now. It’s called “Party Politics,” but it’s not about those parties, or those politics. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott If ...
USA Today

Feeling like a wordsmith? Here's how to write a poem and prompts to get you started

Will Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album “The Tortured Poets Department” usher in a new era of poetry appreciation? Delaney Atkins, a part-time instructor at Austin Peay State University who teaches a ...
Albuquerque Journal

‘The Misfits’ a collection of 15 short stories and a poem about disconnections

"The Misfits" by Albuquerque's Jimmy Santiago Baca is a collection of 15 short stories and a poem about disconnections. The disconnection from mainstream society, from family, from friends, from ...
Los Angeles Times

Searching for clues about my father in a poetry file he left behind

A couple of months after my father died, I stumbled across a file in one of his drawers. It was labeled “Poets on Parents.” It was a fat file, probably two inches thick, stuffed with copies of mostly ...
The New York Times

A Poem (and a Painting) About the Suffering That Hides in Plain Sight

Musée des Beaux Arts by W.H. Auden About suffering they were never wrong, The Old Masters: how well they understood Its human position; how it takes place While someone else is eating or opening a ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

We want to hear from you: Is there a poem that reminds you of a special place in NH?

It's National Poetry Month, and here at NHPR, we'd like to hear poetry that reminds you of New Hampshire. April is National Poetry Month and NHPR wants to hear from you. Is there a poem that reminds ...
American Songwriter

The Leonard Cohen Lyric Based on a Poem About a Famous Ancient Roman

You can usually stir up debate by comparing song lyrics to poetry. As a publication that highlights the exploits of songwriters, we believe that writing a song presents a unique set of challenges and ...
NPR

His Mom Was Sick In India During The Second Wave. He Wrote A Poem About It — And Hope

For Manas Ray, the distance from his home in Massachusetts to India, where his extended family lives, has made the coronavirus pandemic feel like a nightmare. At least 12 friends and family members ...