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 ...

Poets have their own worldview, their own way of looking at things, So when it is about welcoming the new year, they weave words that are pure magic, that hit hard and leave a lasting impact. For a ...

Paul Laurence Dunbar, who wrote during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, is credited as one of the first influential Black poets in America. A graduate of Howard University, he was ...

A new anthology highlights the charms and drawbacks of very brief verse. By Elisa Gabbert I remember where I was when I first read two short poems. One, Margaret Atwood’s “You Fit Into Me” (“you fit ...

For National Poetry Month, we asked three poets — Diana Goetsch, Karisma Price and Sally Wen Mao — for a poem on the subject of identity. We then asked three artists — Margaret Flatley, Anjali ...

Thanksgiving often inspires us to get a little poetic. Thinking and speaking about the things we’re grateful for is a time-honored tradition, but it can be hard to put those feelings into words.