Patrycja Humienik’s debut poetry collection, “We Contain Landscapes,” explores chronic illness, climate change, borders and ...

Sometimes reading poetry can feel exhilarating, like you are finally seeing and being seen. Other times it’s a slog that leaves you desperate for a nap to process what you ...

These days, Alissa Quart’s attention has broken into strange shapes. But she has found a reprieve in one thing: poetry.

Eighteen Colorado high school students competed in the 2025 Poetry Out Loud State Finals for a chance to compete in the ...

Poets Safia Elhillo, Jamila Woods and members of the Stanford Spoken Word Collective shared poems both personal and political ...

Even if you never pick up a pen, observing your surroundings like a poet is a good habit to develop, author Lola Haskins ...

I came across a column of yours that I had clipped and tucked away. On one of the pages I had dog-eared was the poem, “Decide ...

The second annual Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival returns to Albuquerque for five days this week, drawing over 75 of the top poets and spoken word artists from 30 cities across the United States. Like ...

Prolific poets in Massachusetts are showing off their skills in a contest.The nonprofit group Mass Poetry is holding their ...

MacKenzie Bailey, a senior at Logos Academy in York, secured a top-five finish at the 2025 Pennsylvania Poetry Out Loud state ...

I have, though, found a reprieve from my anxious inattention: poetry. More specifically, the poetry of survival—verse written in the shadow of political extremity. I have noticed this is true ...

A reader shares what a poem Abby printed years ago still means to her.