Five collections our columnist loved this year. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert is the author of six collections of poetry, essays and criticism, most recently “Normal Distance.” Her On Poetry ...

It is the most famous poem in American literature, a staple of pop songs, newspaper columnists and valedictorian speeches. It is “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost: Everyone can quote those ...

One of the most famous poems ever written and arguably the most significant 20th-century work of poetry, “The Wasteland” is T.S. Eliot’s 1922 masterpiece.

One of the most famous poems ever written and arguably the most significant 20th-century work of poetry, “The Wasteland” is T.S. Eliot’s 1922 masterpiece.

The best way to describe Limón’s poetry, perhaps, is saturated: Emotions run through it undiluted and her language is simple, yet full to bursting. Bright Dead Things is laced with these qualities.

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The Best American Poetry, an annual anthology of verse, contains an unusual contributor’s note this year. It’s written by Michael Derrick Hudson, a white poet who writes under the pseudonym Yi ...

Amanda Gorman will recite an original poem today at Super Bowl LV. Yes, poetry at a football game. But the two very different pastimes have more in common than you might think.

Here are ten of the best poems about Los Angeles, from all kinds of poets. "I Live For My Car" by Wanda Coleman. The Watts-born Wanda Coleman, who died in 2013, ...

The Best Poetry of 2022. Our columnist selects the books that have stuck with her this year. ... I can get to this point with poetry, especially reading many poems from the same year.