Oh, I love this story from across the pond: The British government is encouraging young people to learn poetry by heart, and a website has been set up with more than 100 suggestions. Just out of ...

The plight of Pierre, &c. Up north and down here, &c. 9/11 as ‘inside job,’ &c. Audio By Carbonatix Memorized any poems lately? It’s a worthy exercise, often a pleasure. I have never been much of a ...

Poetry can be intimidating. As students, many of us were taught that the goal of reading a poem was to “understand” exactly what the poet was trying to say. No small charge. The Common Core State ...

Danez Smith’s “Bluff” represents a notable turning point for the poet — and maybe for American poetry as a whole. By Nam Le Nam Le is the author, most recently, of the poetry collection “36 Ways of ...

Critics and readers love the term, but it can be awfully slippery to pin down. That’s what makes it so fun to try. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most ...

What is more exciting than finding a poem for every period you’re going through? Wouldn’t it create a sense of connection with a particular person in this world (the poet, in this case) who seems to ...

For the past few years, NPR has celebrated National Poetry Month by turning to the talents of our audience — your haikus, limericks, odes ... the list goes on. Earlier this month, All Things ...

The British wear poppies on Armistice Day because a Canadian doctor wrote a poem that mentions poppies. It’s a small thing, that poppy-wearing, when compared to the horror of World War I, with the ...

I BEGAN writing poetry because one Sunday afternoon in March 1922, a friend suggested that I should: the thought had never occurred to me. I scarcely knew any poems — The English Hymnal, the Psalms, ...