John Koethe spent decades as a philosophy professor. The poems in his latest collection, “Cemeteries and Galaxies,” are full ...

In a world flooded with cheap facsimiles of human art, will we still be able to rely on our own faculties for creation, or ...

Need to solve a challenging problem? Read or write some poetry! Compelling research demonstrates that poetry can accelerate ...

One does not think of mines and quarries as the subject matter of poetry. But in the hands of poets from the formerly ...

Care is Jennifer Horgan’s debut collection from the ever-excellent Doire Press. Horgan’s poems have been described by William ...

Yuki Jackson is an African-American and Japanese poet and educator based in Tampa Bay, Florida.Her work has appeared in Cosmonauts Avenue, Foundry, Entropy and other publications. She is also the ...

Here's how to help the poemless: go to the poetry shelves in the children’s section of your local library. Grab a book by ...

As The Poke points out, a poem written in 1920 perfectly encapsulates the baffling nature of English. In fact, it's so tricky that even native English speakers with college degrees may struggle to get ...

Poetry and translation are both about picking the just-right word. But reading multiple translations makes an implicit case ...

Feeling stuck or scattered? These poetry-based techniques help you slow down, name what’s real, and get clear with yourself.

You know the saying "kids say the darnedest things?" As author Matt Forrest Esenwine explains, they write some pretty wild poems, too.

Poetry therapy is the clinical practice of using poetic tools to support emotional regulation, trauma recovery, and identity ...