In the Ancient Greek epic poem "The Odyssey," Odysseus' men strap him to the mast of the ship so he could hear the sirens' ...

“Kanye West is not Picasso / I am Picasso / Kanye West is not Edison / I am Edison / I am Tesla / Jay-Z is not the Dylan of anything / I am the Dylan of anything / I am the Kanye West of Kanye West,” ...

These days, Alissa Quart’s attention has broken into strange shapes. But she has found a reprieve in one thing: poetry.

DEAR ABBY: While doing some house cleaning, I came across a column of yours that I had clipped and tucked away. On one of the ...

Margaret McCarthy describes “In the Becoming” as a “full circle moment.” The volume subtitled “Poems on the Deirdre Story” ...

As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems as well. I often hear from peers and students that ...

Just because you are no longer a practicing Catholic doesn’t mean you can’t go to church and get your throat blessed, right?

Indiana author Rebecca Kai Dotlich writes about how a childhood spent collecting lyrics and words sparked her love of poetry.

I am not even a reasonable approximation of my mother & father ... I thought the least I could do is try to tell Faith that. I wanted to write a poem about this because of how human it made me feel.

I am a lawyer who appeals for their freedom ... a lawyer and the founder and chief executive of Freedom Reads. His latest book of poems, “Doggerel,” is forthcoming.

Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott Here’s a poem about patience, about self-control, about the need to conserve your energy and constrain your desire. Fittingly enough, it’s a proper old-school ...

Neon's new series feels like a kids’ adventure show from the 80s – and that’s a very good thing.