From classics to modern masterpieces, these great poetry books—recommended by poets themselves—belong on your bookshelf The greatest poetry books ever written I remember the first time I picked up ...

A poet using a Chinese pseudonym confounds the editor of a leading poetry anthology ...

Three friends asked an AI to write thousands of poems. The results, collected in "I Am Code," might freak you out.

Megan Fox’s First Poetry Collection Debuts at No. 1 on Amazon’s Book Charts Filled with more than 70 original poems, 'Pretty Boys Are Poisonous' is narrated by the author herself for the audio ...

Sixteen poets tell us about the verses and books they are reading, or that they hope others seek out.

Caroline Kennedy isn't just an advocate for reading poetry. In her latest book, Poems to Learn by Heart, Kennedy stresses the importance of memorizing poetry and presents a collection of poems ...

Every year, The New Yorker publishes approximately a hundred original poems. Here are a few highlights from 2014.

Army veteran and Oklahoma author Bill McCloud wrote a series of poems about his experiences during the Vietnam War. Those poems have been collected into book form. “The Smell of The Light ...

In four new collections, a frank look at disability, a celebration of domestic life (and dogs), a gathering of hushed moments and a clutch of myth-inflected reveries.

In this week's column, author Lesléa Newman offers some advice for overcoming the anxiety that stems from struggling to start a new poem.

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