This is the first of a series of five articles. Here, Antjie Krog writes about the role that poetry plays in a country like South Africa. Translated by Aniel Botha Poetry is the ultimate ...

I’m David Harrison, Missouri’s 7th Poet Laureate. I live with my wife, Sandy, in Springfield, where it is my pleasure to host "Poetry from Daily Life." Since starting the column in November ...

"For me, so is thinking and talking about Black culture. Those two things are intimately related." Young, who has written more than a dozen books of poetry, directs the Schomburg Center for ...

"Particularly with poetry, we're talking about dealing with the unconscious. Starting to write down how you're feeling, what you're thinking about... allows us to process a lot of the uncertainty ...