Poetry and translation are both about picking the just-right word. But reading multiple translations makes an implicit case ...

Poetry doesn’t just reflect life—it makes life an object ... A beautiful piece about being worthy simply by existing, “O Me!

“I cherish you as my Queen of Bad Influences,” Constance observed. “I’m not much in that regard,” Minna responded. “Though it ...

But “Twist” doesn’t establish the human stakes of the ... coolly amused Profile of Derek Walcott introduced me to a man whose poetry I had read and whose behavior I hadn’t expected.

David Roy chats to Dublin poet Siobhán Flynn, winner of this year’s Mairtín Crawford Award for Poetry at the Belfast Book ...

The plaza outside the Old Globe will come to life Friday as the venue welcomes ... “A blank page doesn’t frighten me. You get to fill it every day.” Or, in her case, one day at a time.

At first, I thought it was a coat in the water – a big black coat puffed up with air, floating down the Seine in the early spring sunshine. It was perhaps 20 yards away when I realised that it wasn’t ...

Snippets of poetry have provided writer Irene Latham enough wisdom to fill a book. She shares several in this week's column.

A.O. Scott ponders the specific gravity and unlikely grace of Kay Ryan’s “Turtle.” And we have a game to help you memorize it ...

I live with my wife, Sandy, in Springfield, where it is my pleasure to host "Poetry from Daily Life." Since starting ... What poetry is doesn’t matter as much as what it does.