Maybe that’s why poetry has even taken over TikTok. But if you need a quick-acting dose of inspiration, the short poems in this collection have just what you’re looking for. In a couple of min ...

Billy Collins believes in the beauty of short poems. He says they show how poetry can squeeze a lot of meaning into tight spaces. His new collection of short poems is called "Musical Tables," and ...

Short poems are like whispers from the soul, little gems of love that can seal an 'I do' with verses full of promises. Whether during the vows, in a special reading, or as a detail in the ceremony ...

For this would we give thanks. A simple, short poem with a fixed refrain, Hattie Howard’s “Let Us Give Thanks” gets to the core of what makes this holiday very special: good company ...

By Elisa Gabbert I remember where I was when I first read two short poems. One, Margaret Atwood’s “You Fit Into Me” (“you fit into me/like a hook into an eye/a fish hook/an open eye ...

It's the little things that count, and what better way to show a little love than by sending short love poems to that special person in your life? Flirty poems are an especially great way to show ...

Brad Leithauser likes to look for poetry in graveyards. A novelist and poet himself, there's something he values greatly in tombstone epitaphs: brevity. "You really don't want to go on at great ...

This short poem grapples with so many themes at once — seeing, being seen, desire, racism, selfhood and memory. The poem starts in a matter-of-fact fashion with a declarative, “I don’t like ...

You'll find long poems to spend an evening with and short poems to read in snatches of time. Maybe that's why poetry has even taken over TikTok. But if you need a quick-acting dose of inspiration ...