Now Jeffrey Brown has the latest report in a series we call "Where Poetry Lives." He and U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey are exploring poetry in various corners of American life, seeking to ...

Poetry is one of the most powerful art forms we have. Since ancient times, poems — from haikus to sonnets to limericks — have succinctly and beautifully translated the joys and sorrows of the world ...

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The light of His countenance. I sometimes sign my books with the advice to “stagger onward rejoicing”. This where it comes from. Auden’s poem is about the search for paradise, a paradise that doesn’t ...

I think I might have posted this animation of Billy Collins' poem Forgetfulness during some other National Poetry Month. Or maybe not. I can't recall. Happy reading. If you purchase a product or ...

Never heard of World Poetry Day? It’s pretty official, having been adopted by no less than UNESCO in 1999. One of the objectives is “to support linguistic diversity through poetic expression and to ...

Are you better off than you were four years ago? This is, for better or worse, the fundamental question of American politics. It is a trick question. In The Golden Age of Paraphernalia, ...