As Missouri’s 7th Poet Laureate, I asked News-Leader Editor-in-Chief Amos Bridges what he thought about establishing a regular weekly column about poetry. He liked the idea, suggested the title, and ...

To celebrate the magazine’s ninety-second anniversary, we are introducing The New Yorker Poetry Bot, a new way to receive, read, listen to, and share poetry. Starting today, our poetry bot, available ...

Inspired by the success of its Poem-a-Day effort, the Academy of American Poets announced it is launching a new program meant to introduce poetry to the classroom. Beginning September 2, the group’s ...

Poetry Month is often the time we remember to teach and read poems with kids and help our children write poetry. But you can read and write poetry with kids all year long–not just during Poetry Month!

April is National Poetry Month. Poems are integral to American culture and education. In fact, right now lines from Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” may come to mind that you learned in English ...

Poetry is one of the most powerful art forms we have. Since ancient times, poems — from haikus to sonnets to limericks — have succinctly and beautifully translated the joys and sorrows of the world ...

As she was named Kansas City’s first poet laureate on Thursday, Melissa Ferrer Civil explained how, as a Black woman, poetry transformed her life. “Poetry helped me to find my voice and my agency,” ...

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

I can’t be but thrilled at the prospect of the first of a series of New Yorker Poetry Podcasts. For decades, The New Yorker has led the field of poetry in print journalism. But the eye is not the only ...