My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Constance (Connie) Levy, who lives in St. Louis in a neighborhood of trees, birds, squirrels and other creatures she welcomes into her poems. Connie ...

Each poem takes the form of a dramatic interior monologue from an imagined viewpoint — a colleague, student, stranger or ...

Human speech is rich with rhythm. As a person speaks, certain syllables are naturally emphasized, whereas others blend into the background. In this way, regular conversation becomes poetic. Language ...

National Poem in Your Pocket Day is Friday, April 29, and it’s the perfect day to dive into a good poetry book. Whether you’re on an emotional healing journey, or you want to escape to a world built ...

“True Life,” a collection of verse by the Polish poet Adam Zagajewski, arrives in English translation almost exactly two years after his death. By Robert Pinsky When you purchase an independently ...

Breakout poet and mom Jessica Urlichs talks her new book and wows with her nuanced take on motherhood. Don't miss our ...

After last year’s eccentric line-up, the £25,000 TS Eliot Prize (the UK’s most illustrious and most lucrative award for a ...

Cypriot-Australian poet Koraly Dimitriadis will launch her fourth poetry collection, That’s What They Do, in Melbourne in ...

It is the translation by the octogenarian Australian poet Geoffrey Lehmann of a group of poems by Rilke, by common consent one of the very greatest poets of the high modern period, the figure in ...

A poet from Dunmore uses his imagination and love of prose to paint a picture of the town he grew up in. JC Roberts recently published his first book of poetry, “The Cobblestones I Know.” The book is ...

Robert Pinsky reviews Lucasta Miller’s “Keats: A Brief Life in Nine Poems and One Epitaph.” By Robert Pinsky When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate ...

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for when you ...