As I have every year since 2014, in 2025 I set aside a couple of months to peruse the year’s books of poetry — at least those books I had on hand. In the past, I’ve titled my annual roundup — one ...

I wrote my first poem when I was 7 years old. It was about how I had a high fever, and how I was essentially sick of being sick. As childish as it seems now, it's a reminder of my natural ...

This is the second in a series interviewing independent publishers about how they operate. Two Sylvias Press is a poetry publisher run by Kelli Russell Agodon and Annette Spaulding-Convy, which ...

Every year since 2014, I’ve set aside a couple of months to sit down with what amounts to a long shelf of poetry published in the past 12 months. My goal is to review 31 single-author volumes, one for ...

CHICAGO, Nov. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Poetry Foundation is pleased to announce the Pegasus Poetry Book Prize, recognizing a United States poet aged 40 or older for their first or second poetry ...

Fred Lerdahl proposes a theory of the sounds of poetry conceived in musical terms.

After last year’s eccentric line-up, the £25,000 TS Eliot Prize (the UK’s most illustrious and most lucrative award for a book of verse) is back to business as usual. This is a sane list of mature ...

The writer and mother of three is as vulnerable as ever in her new poetry book, They Bloom Because of You ...

April is National Poetry Month, and it's a chance to celebrate the oldest form of literary expression. This month is a time to discover some of the most compelling poets who are pushing the boundaries ...