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 ...

What it means to live as yourselfWhen I don't evenreallyunderstand myselfhowam I supposed tolive as myself?Living as ...

We are a single painting drawn in words'Iin my heartwith wordspaint a pictureit isa painting that never existed anywherea new paintingnever againto be paintedone and onlyoriginal paintingcarrying that ...

There’s much to be said in praise of the small poem. For one thing, small poems, like today’s Poem of the Day by Sara Teasdale (1884–1933), are easy to memorize. In fact, Teasdale’s “April” is a ...

Classic poems offer us wisdom, reflection, and comfort from some of the greatest minds and most sensitive hearts of the past. They may be old, but their universal themes and the timeless language of ...

A framed poster of a stamp depicting Langston Hughes, who wrote some of the best poems in American history. Poetry provides the perfect way to indulge in the escapism of reading without the commitment ...

From the sonnets of William Shakespeare to the writings of Walt Whitman and the rejuvenating words of Amanda Gorman, poetry is indelibly writ into the fabric of not only popular culture, but the ...

This short poem grapples with so many themes at once — seeing, being seen, desire, racism, selfhood and memory. The poem starts in a matter-of-fact fashion with a declarative, “I don’t like being ...