McCrae has been exploring the afterlife in his poetry for several years now, and here his reimagining of Dante’s Inferno is ...

Her poetry is grounded in both sensuality and spirituality. The ability to celebrate life’s joys and sorrows while seeing the ...

The Intentions of Thunder” includes poems from Smith’s nine collections, as well as new and previously uncollected poems that ...

Three new collections by mid-career poets lay claim to stories of identity, suffering and hope, to a kind of collective ...

The photo on the cover of Maria Shriver’s first poetry collection has a special meaning. The "TODAY" contributor shares why she chose a childhood photo of herself with her beloved pony, Miss Buck, as ...

Poetry is my freedom song and I celebrate it,” declares Rajathi Samsudeen, popularly known by her pen name Salma, who wrote ...

Author Canisia Lubrin says she learned every best part of herself from her mother, Anne. “My mother was the kind of person ...

The group poetry sessions at the Fond du Lac Reservation in Minnesota tap into a reverence for elders and storytelling.

FILE - Singer Jessie Reyez performs at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on Aug. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File) FILE - Singer Jessie Reyez performs at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on Aug. 31, ...

Long before Jessie Reyez was celebrated for her voice, poetry was the Toronto-bred musician’s “first love.” The Grammy-nominated and Juno Award winner’s music often feels like spoken poetry, backed by ...