Srikanth “Chicu” Reddy wrote his first poem when he was 5 or 6: an acrostic about Abraham Lincoln. “I think I still have it,” says Reddy, a professor in the Department of English Language and ...

Five collections our columnist loved this year. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert is the author of six collections of poetry, essays and criticism, most recently “Normal Distance.” Her On Poetry columns ...

Here are the year’s most notable collections of verse as chosen by our poetry columnist. Credit...Karan Singh Supported by By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, ...

A strong and healthy marriage is like a well-crafted poem, full of beauty, depth, and emotion. Just as Black poets use words to convey the most profound feelings, couples can also find inspiration and ...

Hundreds of millions of poetic words have been written throughout history. Navigate your way into this beautiful art form with this list of the most famous poems ever written. What jumps into your ...

Seamus Heaney was a visionary bulwark against small-mindedness. When the Irish poet died suddenly in 2013, at age 74, a benign literary presence was robbed from us. The posthumous publication of his ...

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for when you ...

Illustration by Adriana Georgopulos. (Saul Willams photo by Walter McBride / Getty Images / Ntozake Shange photo by Daniel Zuchnik / WireImage) the greatest Americans have not been born yet they are ...

Saba Keramati, M.F.A. ’20, won the 2023 92NY Discovery Poetry Prize, a prize recognizing unpublished poets. (Courtesy) For Saba Keramati, M.F.A. ’20, poetry creates a fascinating alternate realm. “You ...

“Poetry and Science; individually, but especially together are instruments for knowing the world more intimately and loving it more deeply. We need science to help us meet reality on its terms and we ...