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 ...

Poet and author Stephanie Oakey debuts her first book, Poems of a Southern Nobody, a collection of over 60 poems that explores the kinship between nature, people, and time. She paints a vivid picture ...

American poet Emily Dickinson. A mystical recluse, she lived all her life in Amherst, Massachusetts. Emily Dickinson was a 19th-century American poet whose name has become synonymous with classic ...

Weeks after the coronavirus pandemic started taking root in the United States, editor Alice Quinn wanted to capture that sudden rupture of daily life. Quinn sensed that poets, taking on "the role of ...

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for when you ...

A lot of us know what it felt like being stuck inside during the pandemic: We were bored, and almost always on the internet. Writer Leigh Stein's new book of poems is a sort of time capsule that ...