Anna Leonard’s poems explore the tender spaces between grief, memory, and transformation. Rooted in the body and the natural ...

So the entire community took him outside the camp, and they pelted him to death with stones, as God had commanded Moses. God spoke to Moses, saying: “Speak to the Israelites and say to them that they ...

A dozen musical artists and poets celebrated Juneteenth by telling stories of the Black experience during Thursday's Rap for ...

He is curator of the Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill Poetry Exchange. Today’s poem is from his recent collection, Savage Acres (Dedalus Press) ...

A poem can lift the spirits and nourish the soul. This week, let’s all learn one together! Meet your poem Rhythm and rhyme Made in N.Y.C. Greet the day Keep your poem By A.O. Scott and Aliza ...

A poem can lift the spirits and nourish the soul. This week, let’s all learn one together! Meet your poem Rhythm and rhyme Made in N.Y.C. Greet the day Keep your poem By A.O. Scott and Aliza ...

I’ve tried to memorize a poem every week since, either because they felt right in the moment or because the moment brought them to me. Struggling to make sense of my changing life, I memorized ...

April is National Poetry Month and we’re marking the occasion by reading poems on WNYC every day throughout the month. (Gothamist and WNYC are owned by New York Public Radio.) This year ...

Frank McGuinness is a poet, playwright and novelist whose plays have been produced in Ireland and internationally. This week’s poem is from his latest collection, May Twenty-second (Gallery).

But it’s just the opposite for this week’s poetry contest, at the suggestion of Loser Sarah Walsh: Write a short (eight lines or fewer), humorous poem that uses one or more words — any words ...