Recite these cozy Christmas poems to share the holiday spirit and make even your Grinchiest loved ones say, "Ho, ho, ho!" ...

The poem emphasizes the unique energy of the morning in one of the world’s most renowned bustling metropolises. Despite its brevity, Angelou pithily highlights the dual nature of the city ...

To mark World Poetry Day, we’ve collected the stories ... in the late19th and early 20th century. If was his most famous poem, published in 1910 and written in the form of advice passed down ...

Chimwemwe Undi is a Winnipeg-based poet, editor and lawyer. She was the Winnipeg poet laureate for 2023 and 2024. She won the ...

Clement Clarke Moore is widely believed to be the author of “A Visit from St. Nicholas.” But the Livingston family of New ...

Romantic Poet,” by Diane Seuss, is one of the best things that our critic A.O. Scott read (and reread) this year.

The famous words "'Twas the night before Christmas" shaped the holiday by popularizing stockings, reindeer, and even Santa ...

One of the best things about poetry is how it helps us make sense of the world we live in. And thanks to the rise of social media, poetry is now more accessible than ever. On Instagram in ...

It’s implied that these specific poems are representative of the character’s inner thoughts and how they personally view the world from their ... ones are among the best.

The winner of this year’s National Book Award in fiction has published several collections of poems. Our critic takes a look.