Throughout history, poets have captured the essence of love, desire, longing, and devotion in their verses. Romantic poetry ...

Claire Cameron is a novelist, essayist and author of the forthcoming memoir How to Survive a Bear Attack. This poem was ...

The best-written poems capture emotions, experiences, or images using a lyrical language. But what exactly is a poem, how is it different from prose, and how should we approach it?

A poem found in an old desk at the Barnstable transfer station turned up a story that crosses time and distance. Was it fated ...

Our critic A.O. Scott shows you what he loves about it. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott Poems aren’t pictures, but sometimes they try to make us see, and to make us feel in ways we might associate ...