Even the previously uncollected work in “The Poems of Seamus Heaney” shows a master craftsman in full control of his powers.

Of all the greatest poets that have ever written, which is the least known to American readers? I would join many others who point to Tu Fu (a.k.a. Du Fu). He wrote 16 centuries ago during the Tang ...

Our poetry editor recommends collections that revel in nature, family life, hard work and language. By Gregory Cowles If we’re being honest here, a true starter pack of modern American poetry would ...

Robert Gray, one of the Australia’s greatest poets, has died. He was regarded as an outstanding landscape poet and, alongside ...

Poetry used to be the emperor of the literary universe, but lately it has been overshadowed by almost every other genre–novels, comic books, self-help–or just channeled into other media, like rock and ...

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be ...

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