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?

He’s a perceptive reader, and he has a knack for writing about poems in ways that lend shape and even excitement to the act of reading and thinking about them. He’s also comfortable ignoring some of ...

No other season evokes such joy, love and wistful nostalgia, and we’ve selected 15 Christmas poems that perfectly capture all those sentiments with a pretty ribbon on top. As a longtime poetry ...

Poetry therapy is apt for giving voice to and constructing meaning from core metaphors patients hold about their lives ... College London explained cognitive neuroscience principles through the lens ...

The process of navigating grief is not black and white. Through Wendy Okeke’s delicious use of language, metaphors and vivid ...

I had much to learn and joined writing groups to practice using alliteration, metaphor, simile, rhythm, and rhyme ... and yet explored profound themes about love, life, and death. Here are some quotes ...

Naseem Shifaie’s poetry occupies a unique place among the female poets of Kashmir as she emerges as a modern female voice in ...

With each encounter, the metaphors deepen in meaning ... uncertain of how they’ll land. This poem is especially resonant for adult readers who understand that love is not just about passion ...

In "Late to the Search Party," Steven Espada Dawson's elegies grapple with addiction, loss, grief and belonging.