Letter’s Arts & Entertainment section presents our specially curated picks of poetry from various contributing writers, staff ...

Poetry has immense reverberating power. Verse has that ability: We keep snippets and sections of it in our minds, carry our favorite poem’s lines with us like pendants, thinking on them in our time of ...

National Poetry Day, observed each year in October, serves as a reminder of poetry’s enduring power to stir emotions, spark ...

Despite being one of the great living poets, Oswald refuses to read in public. Rarely leaving her home in Southern England, she objects to flying and, apparently, dislikes well-lit rooms. So – to many ...

The Ancient Greek poet Archias is an often overlooked voice of Hellenistic and early Roman-era Greek poetry, famous for his ...

In honor of National Poetry Month, we’ve rounded up a selection of readings, performances, workshops, and celebrations of poetry’s vital place in our city’s culture. Whether you’re a poet, poetry ...

Poetry has long been used as an avenue for self-expression, and in this case, an exploration of one’s sexuality. What makes these gay poets famous isn’t just their contributions to the literary world, ...