The English writer Dorothy L. Sayers, for example, explores that idea in "The Mind of the Maker," and a recent favorite of ...

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón wrote a poem that will be brought to Jupiter's moon Europa. NASA / JPL-Caltech NASA is sending a poem by United States Poet Laureate Ada Limón on its upcoming Europa ...

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 ...

George Oppen’s “From a Photograph” turns a wintry snapshot into a moving meditation on parenthood and the passage of time. Our critic A.O. Scott shows you what he loves about it. Isabella Cotier By ...

There are few forms of communication that are as powerful as a handwritten letter. So we recently asked listeners to send us poems in letter — or epistolary — form, addressed to anyone of their ...

Instead of defaulting to the notifications on my phone, poetry has inspired me to begin the day in a different way. By Charley Locke Most mornings, as soon as I wake up, I feel the pull of my phone.

Langston Hughes is one of the most prolific yet most underrated American poets of all time. He was the first Black writer and poet to make his living through his words. He led the Harlem Renaissance, ...

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Mary Ann Hoberman, an award-winning poet who wrote dozens of books for children, capturing the essence of childhood in her seemingly effortless rhymes, died July 7 at her home in Greenwich, Conn. She ...