Good poetry can help us hold two opposing ideas in our minds at once. For instance: A new year is a blank page, waiting for us to write on it. It is a chance to begin all over again. A new ...

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

Amanda Gorman, who famously recited a moving poem at the 2021 presidential inauguration, has just released a new work to mark the ringing in of the new year. On Wednesday, Instagram debuted Gorman ...

From haibun to haiku, ghazals to concrete poems, our poets have been experimenting with form with a serious engagement.

Emperor Naruhito once again wished for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic in his poem for the annual New Year Poetry Reading at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Also just like last year, all ...