Poetry isn't as scary as you think. These 14 collections of poems tackle everything from grief and race to family and love.

Leicester's first ever poet laureate has been appointed to promote the city and champion poetry. Akshay Sharma, known ...

David Duchovny has been writing poetry all his life. Looking back, the actor and writer sees similarities in all of his work.

Appreciating poetry doesn't have to take a lot of time. As these moving short poems prove, you can work poetry into your daily life.

Over the centuries, poets have often used ancient Greece as their "muse," resulting in some of the most magnificent poems ...

Two Women Two Worlds” suggests a sense of foreboding. But for the two poets in the book, Demetria Martínez and Susan Sherman, ...

Recently honored as Santa Barbara’s first Literary Champion, Perie Longo has inspired people around the world. The city’s ...

Submissions are now open for the 25/26 Poetry & Music Project. Students in grades K-12 from Nebraska and Iowa are invited to ...

Recite these cozy, festive Christmas poems to share the holiday spirit and make even your Grinchiest loved ones say, "Ho, ho, ho!" ...

LITTLE POEMS (Everyman’s Library, $18), a new anthology edited by Michael Hennessy, provides a history of short poems since antiquity, from Sappho to Ocean Vuong, a lovely pocket-size volume ...

If you only read one poetry book in 2012, The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton, out in September from BOA, ought to be it. This landmark book collects all the published poems of this major poet ...