Julie Swarstad Johnson, an archivist and librarian at the University of Arizona Poetry Center, has served as poet in ...

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April is National Poetry Month, so in honor of that I will offer some thoughts about springtime poems. The first to come to ...

Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” by Adrienne Rich, is a blazing portrait of an artist and her work. Our critic A.O. Scott admires its ...

As people across the globe celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21, we delve into the world of poetry in ancient Greece, from ...

Poet and author Charles Ghigna shares the story of a poem he wrote after waking up to his infant son's babbling over a nursery monitor.

Explore the powerful poetry of former New America Fellows Sarah Kay and Clint Smith, reflecting on culture and the transformative power of words.

These are difficult and challenging times for all of us, and sadly with this administration in power, it is likely to be this way for several more years. I’ll just report one of the most ...

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From social media to AI, new technologies have changed the way that we produce and consume poetry. For World Poetry Day, we ...