Langston Hughes poems guaranteed to move you Langston Hughes is one of the most prolific yet most underrated American poets ...

Beowulf is an Anglo-Saxon epic poem about the defeat of Grendel – a creature whose exact form is still debated. Depending on ...

Our critic A.O. Scott walks you through a poem that speaks to his mood right now. It’s called “Party Politics,” but it’s not ...

It's OK if you find some poetry boring or uninspiring, poet Laura Haskins writes, but keep looking for what you'll like.

Reflections of a Jewish Psychologist” includes poems that transport readers to psychological and spiritual spaces, like ...

When I came back from Iraq, I carried with me the images of landscapes littered with ruined bodies. To deal with the stew of ...

In 1999, Fiona Apple released 'When The Pawn...," her second album with a title that was actually 90 words long.

Ghayath Almadhoun writes a transformative love poem as the beloved and the lover negotiate minefields and soldiers, Adorno, and a collapsing Tower of Babel.

Spoken word poetry, traced back through various movements in the Black ... I think, personally, that the quest of perfection ...

This weekend showcases the endless possibilities in Iowa City from the Mic Check Poetry Fest to special film screenings ...

Democrats have expected poetry to hold their messaging for far too long, and they are losing voters, particularly ...

This article originally appeared in the fall 2024 issue of UC San Diego Magazine as “Pulitzer Poet.” ...