Lessons from Pablo Neruda’s mind-bending verse. By Nicholas Casey My friend Ravi introduced me to the love poems of Pablo Neruda when we were teenagers. On the cover of the writer’s ...

You shared stories of being smitten, stories of betrayal and even a love letter to a dog. Here, author Kwame Alexander selects poems that get to the heart of those experiences.

This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Marilyn Singer, who divides her time between Brooklyn, New York and Washington, Connecticut. This is Marilyn’s second column in the series. Her ...

I arrived in the U.S., for graduate study, in literature, in the fall of 1986. I was twenty-three. After a year, I began to paint, even though I had come to the U.S. intending to become a writer.

Kirby, who is married to poet Barbara Hamby, has just turned 80 this fall. Yet the title of his newest collection of new and previously published poems, “Winter Dance Party,” reflects who the ...

The poem is a very mature look at love, which I really like. At the beginning of any relationship the sparks may be strong, but we have to remember that sparks don’t last forever, and we have to ...

A crowded Delhi calendar saw performances that appealed to a range of audiences, from literary connoisseurs to uninitiated school children.

From classics to modern masterpieces, these great poetry books—recommended by poets themselves—belong on your bookshelf.

M.B.: It was more than 50 years ago when I first read Joseph’s poems and they hit me hard. Truth and grace in words. That’s the thing, Joseph’s work is extraordinarily relevant to the present.