For our series Making of a Poem, we’re asking poets and translators to dissect the poems they’ve published in our pages.

As The Poke points out, a poem written in 1920 perfectly encapsulates the baffling nature of English. In fact, it's so tricky ...

That’s what the people in this poem seem to be doing. The author and her friend, a scholar, are debating the crushworthiness of a certain “Romantic Poet.” 0 Romantic 1 Poet 2 by 3 Diane 4 Seuss ...

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This poem, yes, it's not quite as fierce and as focused as "Dust Of Snow." But look, it's talking about winter as play and pain. It's talking about memory.

George Oppen’s “From a Photograph” turns a wintry snapshot into a moving meditation on parenthood and the passage of time. Our critic A.O. Scott shows you what he loves about it.

This poem will be instantly recognizable to fans of the 1989 film Dead Poets Society—in fact, “O Captain! my Captain!” is one of the most memorable quotes from the movie.

When NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft embarks on its six-year, 1.8 billion mile journey toward one of Jupiter’s icy moons in October 2024, it won't only search for conditions suitable for life—it'll ...

Susan Cooper's poem "The Shortest Day," celebrating the winter solstice, is also a children's book illustrated by Carson Ellis. They collaborated by mail.

John Keene’s poem “Pulse” is a poignant tribute to victims of the 2016 shooting at the nightclub in Orlando. After a gunman attacked another LGBTQ nightclub last weekend, Keene’s poem took ...

Amanda Gorman responds to the restriction of her poem for President Biden’s inauguration, “The Hill We Climb,” at a Miami Lakes school library: “So they ban my book from young readers ...