For our series Making of a Poem, we’re asking poets and translators to dissect the poems they’ve published in our pages.

Pete Davidson, Tina Fey and other comedians drew big crowds to the Prudential N2S festival. A new governor next year means ...

Poetry used to have rhyme and rhythm: the reason both words are hard to spell is that they derive from ancient Greek. The oldest recorded rhyme is from China in the 10th century BC.

Mother's Day is a special occasion. It is a time to appreciate mothers. The article provides a collection of 30 heartwarming poems. These poems expres ...

Yes! Poetry brought Lani into the reading life! Now a high school senior, entering college in the fall to study psychology, poetry continues to be an important part of her life.

Nursery rhymes teach children all manner of things using the language of poetry, writes Australian author and researcher Virginia Lowe.

Indiana author Rebecca Kai Dotlich writes about how a childhood spent collecting lyrics and words sparked her love of poetry.

When I heard that a previously unpublished poem by Robert Frost had been discovered, I was skeptical. I know Frost’s poetry well, having written “Robert Frost: A Life” and, quite recently, a ...

“Romantic Poet,” by Diane Seuss, is one of the best things that our critic A.O. Scott read (and reread) this year.