F or Jeremy Bentham, a philosopher, poetry was simply writing that “fails” to reach the end of the line. For W.H. Auden, a ...

‘They say a poet can change your life,’ a woman tells me in a hotel lift. We’re in Durban, South Africa, where I’m appearing ...

"Van de Ven's clearance off the line was poetry in motion, better than a goal. There was a side of Ange Postecoglou and his ...

The Aberystwyth Poetry Festival is back from 6-8 June, showcasing renowned and rising poets. This year's theme is 'Home and ...

Runners-up, to be published in subsequent issues, include “Question,” a shimmering and spare nine-line poem, modest in length but intricate in design. I found myself repeating it to others ...

Evan Wang, a senior at Upper Merion High School, wants to see young people engage with poetry off the page and in everyday ...

Of late, a dear friend of mine seems to have caught what I can only describe as a serious case of poetic flu. No, he isn’t ...

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A Phillips Collection show places the work of Washington, D.C., poet Essex Hemphill alongside artwork his life and writing ...

Our poetry editor recommends collections that revel ... its title inevitably calls to mind Langston Hughes’s proud but ambivalent line “I, too, am America.” The book’s solid blocks of ...

Ian McMillan's guests are the Scottish Makar Peter Mackay, Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison, as well as Indian dancer and poet Tishani Doshi, and the musician Scanner.