Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition?

Snow-tipped chimneys, fresh pine, lively carols and gifts wrapped with care: For over a century, Christmas poems have captured the magic of the most wonderful time of the year. While many people ...

I am writing to you with a special poem that I have composed to commemorate the 15-year anniversary of the passing of Ernie Harwell, beloved voice of the Detroit Tigers. (Editor's note ...

To capture their experiences, Save the Children invited children from countries around the world to write short poems about COVID-19, life under lockdown, and how the pandemic has changed their lives.

Mumbai-based poet Aamir Aziz has alleged that artist Anita Dube used lines from his poem Sab Yaad Rakha Jayega for her art without his “knowledge, consent, credit, or compensation”. “This is outright ...

For the past five months, he has been the nation’s most prominent poetry critic, writing a monthly column that uses the Times’ interactive technology to analyze a single poem at a time.

The fact that these two poems were published speaks for itself. Away the years fly as tears go by. You are not a fool to cry, you are human. Do you wish for immortality? You can’t always get ...

The prisoned music of her deathless roses. Leans the warped and clotted plow. The moon rolls up, while far away And thin with sorrow, the sheepdog’s bay Fills the valley with lonely sound. Slow ...

Borough of Manhattan Community College student Stephanie Pacheco, the 2024-25 National Youth Poet Laureate, wrote a poem highlighting her experience at The City University of New York and her ...

It is a time when the flowers begin to bloom and kittens are born. Below are some of my favorite poems about spring and joy and the innocence and beauty of childhood. “Spring” by William Blake ...