Some poems are long and densely packed with meaning, but others are like snapshots written to save an image, idea or scene, ...

For National Poetry Month, which takes place in April, here are five tips to help ... I think most of us do get," says Mullen. "We are left with something." Whatever that "something" is ...

NPR asked for your poems inspired by memories of home. What we received was overwhelming ... been a pass-it-on-phenomenon from the get-go. Here's to the power of poetry and place, and to the ...

Sometimes a poem just strikes a precise moment ... these fleeting temples we make together when we say, “Here, have my seat,” “Go ahead — you first,” “I like your hat.” ...

This poem is also the opposite of everything I ... That’s certainly true if we encounter “my dreams, my works” on its own, as we do here. Like any good sonnet, it stands alone.

But forget his letter now - the letter is a distraction. It’s poetry we’re addressing here. Ask yourself what the hell I’m doing reading poems. Good question. Well, it’s because poets ...