In the fifth essay of her new collection, Ten Windows: How Great Poems Transform the World, poet Jane Hirshfield writes of a Japanese poem, “windows are the opening through which the luminous ...

In Trigger Warning, her award-winning poem, Portland poet Jordan Wolmut dissects the concept of a slam poetry competition while taking part in one. In the poem, Benson High School senior Wolmut ...

R If They Come for Us: Poems By Fatimah Asghar (One World). Reading Sun 8/12, 6 PM, Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark,773-769-9299, womenandchildrenfirst.com .

When Amanda Gorman read her poem, “The Hill We Climb,” at former President Joe Biden’s inauguration, she became the youngest poet to deliver a poem at a presidential inauguration. Although ...

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Caution: World-Changing Poetry at Work. Open Windows. In essays as forceful as they are graceful, the poet Jane Hirshfield argues that poetry possesses the ability to transform the way its readers ...