Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” ...

A deftly woven collection of short yet profound poetic pieces awaits readers in "My Poems" (published by Xlibris UK), a laborious enterprise of ten-year-old author Rina Gobin. This anthology depicts ...

A poet on the Isle of Man says her poems in Manx "are part of my identity and are there for others who want to take the language up". Former teacher Annie Kissack, who was appointed the fifth Manx ...

Human speech is rich with rhythm. As a person speaks, certain syllables are naturally emphasized, whereas others blend into the background. In this way, regular conversation becomes poetic. Language ...

Editor’s Note Naomi Shihab Nye was Poetry Editor at the Texas Observer for the past 28 years. A sixth-grader wearing a yellow floral dress waved me down, then sidled up to my car window in Albany, ...

This is a sweet poem for Christmas Day. Get a copy of this free My First Christmas in Heaven Poem Author Unknown printable. A ...

I'd reached peak rage. Couldn't hold it all in. I'd had it with parks and social distancing. Simple words struck a chord. I am no academic. Is it safe to go viral in a global pandemic? The day before ...

When I realized I couldn't answer the questions posed about two of my own poems on the Texas state assessment tests (STAAR Test), I had a flash of panic — oh, no! Not smart enough. Such a dunce. My ...

This is one of many “Final Poems” in Phillip B. Williams’s latest book, “Mutiny.” These poems — with titles like “Final First Poem,” “Final Poem for the Crow” and “Final Poem for the ‘Black Body’” — ...

Here are eight poems about my experience as a caregiver to my wife during her final days. I wrote eight poems in chronological order of the events that led to my wife's death, as I spent 77,000 hours ...