A lonely day leads to a college poetry prize

The Academy of American Poets gives prizes to university and college students. One of them is Lauren Chumbley.
Sarasota Magazine

Aimee Nezhukumatathil on the Power of Poetry

The award-winning poet, whose forthcoming book, "Night Owl," will be published in March, will participate in two talks during ...
Scientific American

Poem: ‘Boulders at Hickory Run’

Chris Bullard, a retired judge living in Philadelphia, is author of the poetry chapbooks Continued (Grey Book Press, 2020), ...

Thought of the day by Emily Dickinson, “Hope is the thing with feathers / That perches in the soul / And sings the tune without the words / And never stops at all.” — why ...

Thought of the day by Emily Dickinson, “Hope is the thing with feathers / That perches in the soul / And sings the tune without the words / And never stops at all.” — Over 1,800 poems. One timeless ...

How Wuthering Heights was shaped by Emily Brontë’s gothic poetry

Among all her poems, Remembrance (1845) stands out as a direct ancestor of Wuthering Heights. The speaker mourns a lover lost ...

How a New Yorker Put Poetry on the London Underground

Judith Chernaik’s idea to feature verse in subway cars has transformed the morning commutes of millions worldwide.

The Poet Laureate of Madness

Tennyson was prolific, prodigious. He rumbled with poetry; he recited it endlessly; it poured off him on long walks. Language ...
NPR

'The Shortest Day', a poem and children's book celebrates the winter solstice

Susan Cooper's poem "The Shortest Day," celebrating the winter solstice, is also a children's book illustrated by Carson Ellis. They collaborated by mail. SUSAN COOPER: (Reading) So the shortest day ...