Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...

Nothing New,” which the American poet wrote in 1918, is published for the first time in The New Yorker’s Anniversary Issue.

It was after his death that the world took notice of his heart-warming poems and shocking short stories. Known as the underground poet of the twentieth century, Bukowski called a spade a spade.

Children's poet Constance Levy, a former educator who lives in St. Louis, encourages readers of all ages to tell their own ...