Let’s begin with the title. “Bluff” — the name of Danez Smith’s fourth collection of poetry, and first since January 2020 — represents a cliff or aerie, a high point from which to take ...

Joy Harjo. Leslie Silko’s witchery poem, “A Long Time Ago,” attributes evil in the Americas to a story that could not be turned back; it is a classic and will be reprinted in the forthcoming ...

Poetic speech creates moments of recognition. We see something we know in the poem. We get it. And it is this feeling, rather than the specific meaning of a phrase or a metaphor, that we respond to as ...

Pictured here is poet laureate, Leona M. Seufert, at the 112th commemorative ceremony held recently in Roselle Park. March 22 marked the 112th anniversary of the incorporation of Roselle Park.

In isolation, Gay—a gardener and avid basketball player who catalogued 365 days worth of bewitching moments in last year’s The Book of Delights—still finds poetry in bright deliveries from ...

"And like a miracle, my poetry came back to me for the first time in ten years." It's now 18 months later, and Stein is drinking again, but just about a third of what she used to.

The greatest poetry books ever written. I remember the first time I picked up Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends in my elementary school library. It was filled with delightfully clever ...

Cynthia Rose's poems are featured alongside photography and poetry by Stanley Johnson and Katie Clark in the “Focused Moments” exhibit at LeMoyne.

Let’s begin with the title. “Bluff” — the name of Danez Smith’s fourth collection of poetry, and first since January 2020 — represents a cliff or aerie, a high point from which to take ...