What’s your favorite Langston Hughes poem? Maybe it’s one you grew up with. Maybe it’s one you stumbled across in a moment of ...

Unlike in previous, more or less normal times, the devil right now is not in the details. Normalization, Rationalization, ...

As I stumble into my later years, I seem to know less and less. And I find myself – often in desperation – pulling what I think of as my childhood rabbit out of its hat. That is to say, when the conve ...

For World Poetry Day, we take a deep dive into the trends that brought a renewed popularity to this genre. When French writer Marion Fritsch began posting short texts on Instagram in 2023 ...

While self-publishing and live gigs are valuable options for cash, submitting your poetry to paying literary magazines, journals, and online platforms can be one of the most consistent and rewarding ...

Krivák’s poem, Raccoon Baculum Good Luck Charm, which tells the tale of a loving, childless couple “has the breadth and depth of an Alice Munro short story; yet it also has the pacing ...

These aren’t just any poems either—they’re some of the most famous and influential lines ever written in the history of the literary form. With these relatively short poems, you’ll ...

Maybe that’s why poetry has even taken over TikTok. But if you need a quick-acting dose of inspiration, the short poems in this collection have just what you’re looking for. In a couple of min ...