We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

Night Sky With Exit Wounds is the haunting debut poetry collection by the winner of the 2017 TS Eliot Prize, Ocean Vuong.

So where should you start for the best poems about life and ... Check out The Raven and Other Poems. It’s not the kind of comforting book that will help you grieve; it’s a haunting meditation ...

Poetry should be celebrated every day of the year, but this World Poetry Day, we'd like to take a moment to introduce you to ...

T oday The Atlantic launches “The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far),” a new editorial project that brings ...

Although his approach departs somewhat from Rilke’s — the speaker in these poems may not always love the questions quite as ...

and collections of her poetry are must-reads if you’re looking to fill your shelves with more LGBTQ+ books. The best books transport readers in ways a plane or boat (“frigate”) cannot.

The Al & Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize recognizes the best new book from a Canadian poet who has published five or more poetry ...

The vicar of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Wickford, Rhode Island, gives this same title to his newest book of poems. Like Paul, Spencer Reece has journeyed to see what he would suffer as a servant ...

I’ve had to set that limiting belief aside,” she says, “in order to write other kinds of books without feeling like an ...