It’s impossible for me to talk about writing without talking about living, writes Maggie Smith, author of the new book, "Dear ...

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

Moral of the story: Poetry sheds light on our lives, no matter the occasion, and it’d be a shame not to enjoy its wonders.

These valuable quotes about life are even more significant in a ... It’s one of the longer poems on our list—the above is simply the opening snippet; you can read the full 434-line poem ...

It’s one of those classic short poems about life that can change the way you think. Beautiful, also, are the souls of my people. One of America’s most famous poets, Langston Hughes was a key ...

To read Shukla is to read not a version of what is already known, but what is constantly being inscribed in and erased 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.

Master of Fine Arts students at Antioch University in Los Angeles are required to do community service to enhance the “writing life” of others. As part of our series Where Poetry Lives ...

Before I show you what happened next, let me say that the reason I’m bringing this up is that I’m positive that teaching ourselves to observe, no matter where we are, can enrich our lives.