Otherwhere,” a collection of new and selected poems, shows that Forché has been using verse to bear witness for half a ...

Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition? Think again.

Expressing gratitude through poetry is a timeless tradition. Here are eight unique poems suited for students across different grade levels to recite this Teachers’ Day.

The new and selected poems in Jill Bialosky’s “Mock Heart” show her steadily circling desire and domesticity. Carol ...

Some flowers are red; some flowers are blue. We have funny roses-are-red poems to share with your entire crew. Roses are red, violets are blue; we love us some funny poems, how about you? Part joke, ...

The carefully crafted words of poems bring ideas to life, sparking our interest in new ways. Poetry can give us fresh perspectives that inspire us to move closer to God. So, reading Christian poetry ...

Nightboat Books is, according to its website, “a nonprofit publishing company dedicated to printing original books of poetry and prose, and bringing out-of-print treasures back to life.” Bern Porter’s ...

Poems by African-American poets, including Gwendolyn Brooks, Kwame Dawes, Rita Dove, Langston Hughes, Tyehimba Jess, Kevin Young, and more. Photos via Flickr/Gage Skidmore, Flickr/Burns Library, ...

Billy Collins believes in the beauty of short poems. He says they show how poetry can squeeze a lot of meaning into tight spaces. His new collection of short poems is called "Musical Tables," and ...

Caroline Kennedy's latest book comes with an agenda: to encourage a return to poetic memorization and recitation that both families and schools once considered routine. In Poems to Learn by Heart, ...