With “Poem of the Day,” The New York Sun offers a daily portion of verse selected by Joseph Bottum with the help of the North Carolina poet Sally Thomas, the Sun’s associate poetry editor. Tied to the ...

Lately, memories of the Cold War have brought to mind a different poem by Frost: “Some say the world will end in fire, / Some say in ice.” Frost published these lines in 1920, decades before ...

The world of poetry is wide—you can dig in to a longer poetry book or read short poems when time allows. And it’s an art form that pretty much anyone can appreciate; a lot of poets write ...

This week’s guest on “Poetry from Daily Life” is Joseph Bruchac, who lives in Greenfield Center, New York. Joe has been writing since his 2nd grade teacher, Mrs. Monthony, praised one of his ...

Her signature project as poet laureate, "You Are Here," focuses on how poetry can help connect people to the natural world. Limón, named a 2024 Time magazine woman of the year, is the author of ...

This poem is a cup of coffee on the days I feel exhausted by the state of our country and world. It’s a reminder to get to work. José Olivarez is the author of “ Citizen Illegal .” ...

Dan Chelotti’s poem “Grieving in the Modern World,” was published in his first book of poetry, “x,” published by McSweeney’s.Read the text of the poem below.

"The Swerve: How the World Became Modern" tells the story of an Italian scholar, Poggio Bracciolini, who, while combing through the stacks in a German monastery 600 years ago, discovered an ...