At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for when you ...

Langston Hughes is one of the most prolific yet most underrated American poets of all time. He was the first Black writer and poet to make his living through his words. He led the Harlem Renaissance, ...

The new documentary captures one of the last year's in spoken word poet Andrea Gibson's life, and their relationship with poet Megan Falley.

I recently taught a short six-class course for Homeschool Connections on “Poems Every Catholic Should Know.” The text for the course was my book of the same title, which is an anthology of Christian ...

Falling in love can be one of the most beautiful things — many people say love makes the world go round. But with love, a lot of time, comes heartbreak. Breaking up is a very confusing time for ...

One of my strongest poetry memories took place at a black-tie dinner at the Library of Congress where George W. Bush introduced his wife Laura with a poem. He explained that she had been away on a ...

Here are a series of poems written about our ordeal with cancer and kicking it to the curb. I am an author and poet. My husband has gone through several health crises since he had COVID-19 in 2020: a ...

Alex Dimitrov’s fifth collection, “Ecstasy,” offers a rollicking paean to pleasure. By Tas Tobey Tas Tobey is on the staff of the Book Review and is studying poetry in the M.F.A. program at the City ...