For me, one of the best thing's I've ever done for my morning is sign up for the Academy of American Poets's Poem-a-Day email. Now, every morning a poem lands in my inbox, so I can start my day ...

Poetry isn't as scary as you think. These 14 collections of poems tackle everything from grief and race to family and love.

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This poem, by Jonatan Francois, a senior at Miami Norland Senior High School in Miami, celebrates the strengths of speaking two languages, each learned in a distinct segment of American culture.

Poetry can be hard, but it's more accessible than you think. Poets Clint Smith, more break down the genre and why it's perfect for summer reading.

There’s no better way to describe Hughes’s poetry than with his own words: “If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn’t matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly ...

He handed me a book, opened to a page with a short poem, and said, “You read this one.” The last time I read a poem in public was decades ago in Delhi, at a high-school competition.

The complete text of the poem can be found here. Ideally, of course, it should be read aloud, because it is important always to keep an ear open for the words as meaningful sound.

Unnamed Press We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In his memoir, "Story of a Poem" (Unnamed Press), the celebrated writer Michael Zapruder (author of ...

Princess Beatrice's husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi shares the poem read during the couple's royal wedding — "I Carry Your Heart with Me" by American poet E.E. Cummings ...

Megan Fox Dives Into 'Complicated' Relationships in Raw New Book of Poems: Read an Excerpt (Exclusive) The actress's book 'Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poems' is out Tuesday By Benjamin VanHoose ...