Poetry's got a reputation to uphold, apparently—the reputation of that last brutal Himalayan peak in the dim haze of the academic distance. There have been plenty of attempts to make it seem ...

If you're anything like me, poetry collections intimidate you more than any other type of book. I'm not sure where this poetry fear starts for many of us. Perhaps from school, where we're expected to ...

To help you make poetry a part of your life again, and celebrate World Poetry Day in its true sense, we list down five easy steps here Follow Instapoets The world of literature has truly become ...

Matthew Zapruder makes the case for poetry’s accessibility and necessity in his debut work of nonfiction, “Why Poetry” (Ecco, $24.99). “The true meaning of a poem isn’t hidden in a textbook,” he ...