One of my strongest poetry memories took place at a black-tie dinner at the Library of Congress where George W. Bush introduced his wife Laura with a poem. He explained that she had been away on a ...

It always feels good to see a poet rescued from oblivion. Michael Benedikt (1935-2007), a prominent figure in the poetry scene of the 1960s and 70s, was not exactly an important poet, but he was — and ...

Haiku typically consist of three lines with five, seven and five syllables. Often, they contain seemingly straightforward observations about the world. Here's one example by Richard Wright: "Whitecaps ...

There are many reasons why poems serve as good reading material for children, which is why we created a list of funny poems for children. Those reasons include the fact that poetry helps develop a ...

If we don’t think of Washington Irving (1783–1859) as a poet, that’s because poet is one of the few things Irving didn’t try to be. Travel writer, biographer, diplomat, editor, copyright-law pioneer, ...