Reading and writing poetry, which is anchored in patterns of words, images, sounds and forms, is particularly well suited for ...

Author Joseph Bruchac shares a poem about a bumblebee and how taking the time to listen to the natural world led him to it.

Today, we help you pay attention to the sound and feel of this week’s poem. Play our game to see how much you’ve already ...

For the past five months, he has been the nation’s most prominent poetry critic, writing a monthly column that uses the Times’ interactive technology to analyze a single poem at a time.

So why is it that people who “can’t write poetry” really do stop right there and never write poems? The fear of failure is so huge for poetry. Before we start, we’re thinking about Emily ...

Award-winning poet, wildland firefighter, and co-founder of Left Margin Lit, Rachel Richardson has a new book, “Smother.” ...

More recent readers have agreed. Of course, there are countless autistic people who write poetry who aren’t famous and haven’t published books. Neurodivergent poet and educator Chris Martin ...