Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” ...

The greatest casualty of our education system? Poetry. Either you’re from an older generation and you know a few lines by ...

The inner and outer forecasts don’t always match up. This short poem by Louise Glück starts out cold and stays that way for ...

Over the river, and through the wood, To grandfather’s house we go; The horse knows the way To carry the sleigh Through the white and drifted snow. Over the river, and through the wood— Oh, how the ...

For me, Donald Hall's poems are old friends. I've known and read him for nearly 30 years. My favorite poems remain those of the "Kicking the Leaves" period, the mid- to late-1970s, when the elegist ...

On Sunday, The Times’ Opinion section published a handful of the roughly 1,000 submissions it received in response to its call for opinionated poetry. The letters from readers reacting to the selected ...

Recite these cozy Christmas poems to share the holiday spirit and make even your Grinchiest loved ones say, "Ho, ho, ho!" Snow-tipped chimneys, fresh pine, lively carols and gifts wrapped with care: ...

Why have male poets disappeared from modern literature? Explore how society shifted from celebrating masculine voices like ...

As part of the Grunion’s annual exploration of kindness, we asked readers to write a poem expressing their understanding of kindness. We had a good number of entries, showing a wide range of ...

ZDNet reader, MGP2, posted this original poem, called "Tis the day before Christmas," in a Talkback. For the entire ZDNet gang, I want to thank him and all our readers. Hope you're enjoying the ...

A short poem posted by The Nation now has an apology longer than the poem posted above it. And one top publishing insider summed up: “If you wrote this all up as a satirical novel, no one would ...