What jumps into your mind when you think of the most famous poems ever written? Shakespearean love poems? Something longer ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...