I've been thinking lately about what is only able to be said through poetry. How a poem can transform a moment into a feeling and make a memory come to life. Poetry has an incantatory effect; I read a ...

For 23 years, A.O. Scott was a film critic for the New York Times. For the past five months, he has been the nation’s most prominent poetry critic, writing a monthly column that uses the Times’ ...

Critics and readers love the term, but it can be awfully slippery to pin down. That’s what makes it so fun to try. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most ...

It’s been described as embarrassing, clichéd or “unhelpful singsong.” Many poets dislike it too, but it’s a style they’ve learned from each other. By Gregory Cowles Gregory Cowles is senior editor of ...

It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...

Will Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album “The Tortured Poets Department” usher in a new era of poetry appreciation? Delaney Atkins, a part-time instructor at Austin Peay State University who teaches a ...