When my father was living his last years in a nursing facility, there was a woman there who spoke no English. I don’t know how she got there, or anything ...

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 ...

A new study finds poor air quality is linked to a heightened risk for depression. Depression is a classified as a mood ...

A new anthology edited by US poet laureate Ada Limón invites us into the natural world.

It's not easy expressing your adoration for the woman in your life. Select some love poems for her and tell her how you ...

Digging rock from hardscaped beds, I think, is a bit like not writing poetry—like thinking about writing poetry but digging ...

For National Poetry Month, I’ve curated a playlist of seven songs that represent poetic devices like allusion, irony and rhyme. I call it “the wordplaylist.” Prepare to be taken back to middle school ...

Using their analytical skills when interacting with stanzas for the first time helps students uncover deeper meaning in ...

In 'Cosmic Connections,' Charles Taylor focuses on how art, and poetry in particular, both expresses and responds to the unique human experience of “being modern.” ...

Although his approach departs somewhat from Rilke’s — the speaker in these poems may not always love the questions quite as ...