April is poetry month, so I want to close it out with a poem and praise of poetry. As James Dickey, the Georgia poet once ...

By Joan Baum Bill Henderson is counting on readers old enough to decipher XLIX, the newest edition of the Pushcart Press’s ...

An anthology of her teenage poetry, published for the first time, shows ambition, even if the verse isn’t perfect.

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Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Poetry is known for its brevity. And tell me, where are the poetic politicians like John F. Kennedy, who said, “When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations." ...

Karisma Price grew up in New Orleans, then attended Columbia University and earned her MFA in poetry from New York University ...

Poetry is a space to experiment with language — communications through this medium enables deeper emotional expression. This ...

They say you should never judge a book by its cover, but as a man intrigued by the concept of judgement, the French philosopher Albert Camus would allow us to make an exception. Happily the covers for ...