Toward the end of Vascola Stoney's poetry performance, there's a moment when she hesitates and tears stream down her cheeks. She's said the words to "Why" plenty of times, but when she describes her ...

My god is a short god. My god wears jeans. When he swims, he has a lazy breaststroke. When he gardens, he uses his bare hands. My god watches reruns of late night talk shows. zero gravity and say My ...

I was hesitant to introduce a poetry study to our adult forum at Trinity Lutheran Church for Lent. I wasn’t sure how to lead it and I know how a lot of folks feel about poetry. Given a choice, they’d ...

The Bible teaches us, says Matthew Mullins, but its method of teaching always entails more than information and guidance. The Bible has much to say about its own purpose and authority. Among the most ...

When Dave is whisked into the center of space, Which unfurls in an aurora of orgasmic light And the great gleaming set goes black. We’ll have a profile of Tracy K. Smith on Monday’s NewsHour and post ...

Vendler's broadside really ought to have been included in The Ocean, the Bird, and the Scholar, not only because it was the cause of a noteworthy cultural episode—how often does poetry intrude, in ...

We click and scroll. And scroll some more. And hunger. And every once in a while, we come across an unassuming little poem that satisfies us in a striking and enduring way. The poet Dana Gioia says ...

Lachlan Mackinnon evokes the power of music to strengthen faith, in the last of Carol Ann Duffy’s comforting picks from her poetry bookshelves The poet Lachlan Mackinnon lives in Ely, and is also a ...

I have an expansive history of writing love poems You could kiss me under moonlight’s matrimony and earn a starring role in your very own love poem You could disco ball dance with me for one night ...