For his second poetry collection, "Promises of Gold" (Henry Holt and Co., 320 pp., out now), Olivarez "thought maybe I could try and write some poems that way." His poems don't solely focus on the ...

Manitowoc Lincoln High School graduate Angela Mendez Thomas receives a poem of hope and resilience in graduation message.

A.O. Scott ponders the specific gravity and unlikely grace of Kay Ryan’s “Turtle.” And we have a game to help you memorize it ...

The love poems would make up "Promises of Gold," which was released on Feb ... The most beautiful work comes from the heart, from pain, from frustration, and from embracing parts of our world ...

It’s a new season. No more dusts of snow falling from tree limbs to shoulders. The early morning sunrise that not all that ...

Alison Pelegrin, a published poet and writer-in-residence at Southeastern Louisiana University, now has the job of promoting poetry. “I like to walk around. I like to pay attention to my ...

The poetry is part of a six-month-long public art initiative befittingly called “Heart on Your Sleeve.” “We just wanted to have that moment of surprise, delight, and poetry in people’s hands as they ...

Luckily, this short poem from Selima Hill, who has just been awarded the first King’s Gold Medal for Poetry, shows how very undead poetry is. And why we need it. The last word in a line often carries ...