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

The Irish poet’s work was rooted in a close feeling for the local—but reached out to embrace a world of readers.

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

'I Am Maria: My Poems and Reflections on Heartbreak, Healing, and Hope' will hit bookshelves on April 1, 2025 Denise Truscello/Getty; Penguin Random House Maria Shriver’s first foray into poetry is ...

Shauna Potocky, Jonas Lamb and Vivian Faith Prescott all incorporate the natural world into their new works, along with other ...

Even the previously uncollected work in “The Poems of Seamus Heaney” shows a master craftsman in full control of his powers.

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Our poetry reviewer Tess Taylor observes that every few years, it seems, poetry is declared dead. And in response, books are published about how to bring poetry back to life or ...

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

Rejoice, poetry lovers, because April is here which means it's officially National Poetry Month, and entire 30 days dedicated to stunning stanzas, visceral verses, and prophetic poets. As part of your ...

Countless picture books follow the same narrative structure, in which a character faces a challenge and then — at the end of approximately 500 words — overcomes that challenge, or doesn’t. We call ...