Emily Dickinson explained what the feeling of writing poetry is like, “If I feel physically as if the top of my head were ...

It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...

In honor of that occasion, please enjoy the official state poem of the commonwealth, as designated by the Legislature in 1981, and the story behind it. “Blue Hills of Massachusetts” was written by ...

The following are the winning poems from the 2025 Nature in Verse Poetry Contest, held by Seymour Library in partnership with ...

In honor of that occasion, please enjoy the official state poem of the commonwealth, as designated by the Legislature in 1981, and the story behind it. “Blue Hills of Massachusetts” was ...

All allegiant and authentic Americans anxiously await an answer (atheist anarchists alone are against action). The name ...

For the past five months, he has been the nation’s most prominent poetry critic, writing a monthly column that uses the Times’ interactive technology to analyze a single poem at a time.

I am writing to you with a special poem that I have composed to commemorate the 15-year anniversary of the passing of Ernie Harwell, beloved voice of the Detroit Tigers. (Editor's note ...