For poet Ada Limón, evidence of poetry is everywhere. It connects big ideas — like fear, isolation, even death — with little details — like field sparrows, a box of matches, or "the body moving / ...

What would an acorn write to an oak tree? Or a coat to her button? A child to his toes? A pebble to the river? Dear Acorn, ...

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

Netflix's "I'm Thinking of Ending Things," which premiered Sept. 4, follows a young woman's trip to visit her boyfriend's parents . . . all the while contemplating whether or not she should break ...

Begin with an outrageous claim, they say. For example: “Earth has not any thing to show more fair: / Dull would he be of soul who could pass by / A sight so touching in its majesty,” about London at ...

The form of a poem is how we describe the overarching structure or pattern of the poem. Some forms of poetry must stick to very specific rules about length, rhythm and rhyme. Poets enjoy playing with ...

From projects written using very specific words to books penned without particular letters. A lipogram is a literary work in which a particular letter of the alphabet is intentionally avoided. The ...