Deep South, a small publisher with big influence, has expanded its website with easy-to-access information about its poets ...

Fleury shut out the Canadiens in his final game in his home province of Quebec, earning a standing ovation lasting over two ...

What an image,” an audience member whispered, looking at a photo displayed behind poet Claudia Rankine — it depicted a couch ...

Michael Longley, the Irish poet whose long career included more than 40 books, died last week. He was lauded by literary, ...

By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary,” will be published this year. He teaches in the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Boston University, where he ...

Amanda Gorman, a Los Angeles native and the United States' first National Youth Poet Laureate best known for her poem "The Hill We Climb," took to social media Saturday to express her condolences ...

All of us as vital as the one light we move through.” Amanda Gorman was just 22 when her inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb”, read for Joe Biden’s presidency in 2021, made her a breakout ...

William Shakespeare is the bestselling poet of all time. The word 'poetry' is from the Greek term poiesis, which means 'making'. The oldest written poem is the Epic of Gilgamesh originating from ...

This is called a rhyme scheme. Watch the following clip to learn how rhyme schemes work and to see an example. You can work out the rhyme scheme of a poem by labelling the words that rhyme with ...

Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include two invigorating releases by Diane Seuss and a dark, posthumous collection by Tove Ditlevsen Alongside Terrance Hayes, Diane Seuss has a strong case to ...