Yellow Flower Gills Me Whole exhibits a perspective that seems to sit outside of time. At times, Ghosh’s poems shift between humorous, profound, risqué and sensual. Others suggest a profound ...

In the fifth essay of her new collection, Ten Windows: How Great Poems Transform the World, poet Jane Hirshfield writes of a Japanese poem, “windows are the opening through which the luminous arrives.

This short video shows us three different American Sign Language poems – two of which are less than a minute long. They give us an idea of poetry that is entirely out of most mainstream experience, ...

The first eight pages of Michael Robbins’s new book, “Equipment for Living: On Poetry and Pop Music” (Simon & Schuster), make reference to Annie Dillard, Harold Bloom, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, ...

The words of Warsan Shire—read aloud, listened to, sitting on pages almost too weak to stop them from reaching out and grabbing you—have always been special. She is a poet first and foremost, ...

“I have a confession to make: I don’t really understand poetry.” So goes the opening line of poet Matthew Zapruder’s forthcoming book “Why Poetry,” which looks at why a lot of people feel alienated by ...

Alliteration is when words start with the same sound: For example, S ammy the s lippery s nake came s liding. Alliteration is used in both written and spoken English. You can find examples in poetry, ...

YOU ARE MY LOVESICK HEART. MY EROTIC PASSION WANTS YOUR AVID ADORATION. MY ADORATION WISTFULLY IS WEDDED TO YOUR FERVENT PASSION. YOU ARE MY LOVELY ENCHANTMENT. MY FONDNESS AFFECTIONATELY PANTS FOR ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Organizers have announced they are now accepting entries for the 10th annual Ode to the ZIP Code poetry ...