As I have every year since 2014, in 2025 I set aside a couple of months to peruse the year’s books of poetry — at least those books I had on hand. In the past, I’ve titled my annual roundup — one ...

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 ...

Every year since 2014, I’ve set aside a couple of months to sit down with what amounts to a long shelf of poetry published in the past 12 months. My goal is to review 31 single-author volumes, one for ...

The writer and mother of three is as vulnerable as ever in her new poetry book, They Bloom Because of You ...

Fred Lerdahl proposes a theory of the sounds of poetry conceived in musical terms.

Just inside Antidote Books, a cozy, light-filled space in Putney, customers immediately see a wall of poetry. In many bookstores, the poetry section is relegated to a few shelves tucked in a back ...

Five Finger Death Punch's Ivan Moody has revealed his new illustrated poetry book, Dirty Poetry From the Contagiously Contorted and Quixotically Twisted Mind of Ivan L. Moody, and if you're thinking ...