Are you convinced poetry is some code you just can’t crack? In her new book, “Fear Less,” former Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith ...

A series of Mondays in 2025 saw me carry a box of creative writing prompts, balanced like a baby on my hip, and push one palm against hospital double doors leading to an oncology and haematology day ...

Critics and readers love the term, but it can be awfully slippery to pin down. That’s what makes it so fun to try. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most ...

The Academy of American Poets gives prizes to university and college students. One of them is Lauren Chumbley.

The award-winning poet, whose forthcoming book, Night Owl, will be published in March, will be participate in two talks ...

Romaine Washington writes about how a poem by poet-activist Claude McKay traveled decades to inspire the Black Panther Party.

Today I’m here with the tiniest pep talk, in case you need one. This one’s as much about saying no as it is about saying yes. In my memoir "You Could Make This Place Beautiful," I wrote, “Life, like a ...

“Poetry leaves something out,” our columnist Elisa Gabbert says. But that’s hardly the extent of it. By Elisa Gabbert I once heard a student say poetry is language that’s “coherent enough.” I love a ...

Lakewood High School junior Allie Scott was quite surprised to learn her poem “Tension In The Elements” was selected as a winner of The Live Poets Society’s Just Poetry competition.

The Northern Kentucky writer publishes the fourth volume of his Wild Sonnets project, marrying tradition and trend in seven-line stanzas. The mission statement on your website mentions your interest ...