When Ricardo Ruiz first started work on the project that would become an award-winning poetry collection, he said, it was ...

Poems about life for nearly every situation P oetry doesn’t just reflect life—it makes life an object of art. Whatever state or mood you’re in, poems about life are there to guide you, to ease you and ...

The Scottish Poetry Library (SPL) is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. An event took place at Edinburgh Castle in September to honour the many partners the library has worked with over the ...

Mexico treaties, I trip over the word “friendship.” Ostensibly, it's like saying, “We are friends, so I’m taking your land.” ...

What goes into the writing of these poems? What goes into the making of the poet? This, only a biography can tell.’ ...

Robert Hamblin's touching poem "Rose Bush," exploring themes of support and friendship through the metaphor of a climbing ...

New collections from Alexandra Teague, Daniel Borzutzky and August Kleinzahler tap into a strain of cultural anxiety.

To celebrate National Poetry Day we've rounded up the best poems for reading at weddings, funerals and other occasions.

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A crisp new rendering of the Roman poet’s poems underlines how difficult it is to fully relate all his complexities and ...