This year, National Poetry Month brings an ambitious collaboration: a cross-country relay race of 54 poets contributing to one poem about America. The practice is known as renga, an ancient Japanese ...

Poetry has deep roots in music — in fact, in some cultures, poetry and song are the same word. Edward Hirsch, author of A Poet's Glossary,... How Rhythm Carries A Poem, From Head To Heart Poetry, ...

Poetic beginnings — first lines, or first poems in collections — do a lot of work in setting the tone and the reader’s expectations. By Elisa Gabbert Poker players have an expression for that moment ...

Poems dwell in an ambiguous space, shelved somewhere between fiction and fact, imagination and experience. Even when poems seem wholly authentic, we can't assume they're accurate — after all, "poetic ...

Hundreds of millions of poetic words have been written throughout history. Navigate your way into this beautiful art form with this list of the most famous poems ever written. What jumps into your ...

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? It’s one of the most famous opening lines in poetry and comes from one of Shakespeare’s best-known sonnets. Now AI is trying to come up with its own version of ...