M. Gessen is an Opinion columnist for The Times. They won a George Polk Award for opinion writing in 2024. They are the ...

Or triumphant. The poem’s most poignant feature may be the soldier’s optimism, his faith in what comes after hell. He insists ...

Write an ode to misfits. A poem of praise for those who don’t belong here or there. A lyric ballad for the children of ...

Poems can promote understanding by taking us behind enemy lines. Threatening to boycott anyone's art or literature will only ...

Led By Ava Pape, Eloise Williamson, and Rebekah Gurley, the Plano Coram Deo girls swim team captured the 2025 TAPPS Division ...

Peter Gizzi, professor of poetry at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, recently won the 2024 T.S. Eliot Prize for ...

Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Walters Museum Poetry stands as one of humanity’s oldest art forms. It is the art of manipulating words into rhythm and meaning to elicit strong emotional responses, ...

Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include two invigorating releases by Diane Seuss and a dark, posthumous collection by Tove Ditlevsen Alongside Terrance Hayes, Diane Seuss has a strong case to ...

There it stands, constantly repeating the word “Nevermore,” while driving the narrator into madness. Poe based the rhythm and meter of “The Raven” on Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s poem ...