Poetry

This Real-Life 'Giving Tree' Stump Gives All the Feels

A poetic soul inscribed Shel Silverstein's words on a newly-hewn stump.

By Raisa Bruner March 14, 2017

How To Understand Pain Better

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute January 12, 2017

Jim Jarmusch Talks About His New Movie, Paterson, and the Exuberance of Great Poetry

The director offers a mini reading list for anyone out there who may be a poetry lover, but just doesn’t know it yet

By Stephanie Zacharek December 21, 2016

Read the Roald Dahl Poem That Was Lost in a Desk Drawer for Nearly 25 Years

It's on display for what would have been the author's 100th birthday

By Megan McCluskey September 13, 2016

Here's the American Poet Pope Francis Just Quoted

Pope Francis cited a Midwestern poet when urging U.S. bishops to welcome Hispanic immigrants into their churches Wednesday. In a particularly poetic passage of a speech at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, the...

By Ryan Teague Beckwith September 23, 2015

Teen's Poem Goes Viral After Stranger Finds It in a Bar

The poet is in Brooklyn; the bar in London

By Sarah Begley July 25, 2015

6 Poems 2016 Candidates Should Read

It's National Poetry Month and the official start of several 2016 campaigns

By Ryan Teague Beckwith April 7, 2015

Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Poem at Richard III's Reburial

The actor is also a distant relative of King Richard III, who died 530 years ago

By Noah Rayman March 26, 2015

Why Some Blamed Poetry for Sylvia Plath's Death

Feb. 11, 1963: Sylvia Plath commits suicide

By Jennifer Latson February 11, 2015

A Creepy, Tragic Formula for Commercial Success

Jan. 29, 1845: Edgar Allan Poe’s 'The Raven' is first published

By Jennifer Latson January 29, 2015

Five Best Ideas of the Day: January 9

1. Low oil prices change the math on the Keystone XL pipeline, but politics are still controlling the debate. By Michael A. Levi at the Council on Foreign Relations 2. Terrorists are despicable, but they...

By The Aspen Institute January 9, 2015

Poet Strand Dead at 80

His career spanned 50 years

By Entertainment Weekly / Joshua Rivera November 30, 2014

Drunk Poetry Fans and the First Reading of 'Howl'

Oct. 7, 1955: Allen Ginsberg reads 'Howl' for the first time, at San Francisco’s Six Gallery

By Jennifer Latson October 7, 2014

Saeed Jones: "No One Is Safe" In These Poems

A conversation with Jones about his debut collection, Prelude to Bruise, and whether poetry can ever go viral

By Nolan Feeney September 29, 2014

Exclusive: Read James Franco's New Poetry

Read Franco's poetry about Spring Breakers and Sean Penn, excerpted from his forthcoming book Hollywood Dreaming

By James Franco September 18, 2014

All Your Favorite Pop Songs, Rewritten as Brilliant Shakespearean Sonnets

Thanks to a new Tumblr called Pop Sonnets

By Samantha Grossman August 29, 2014

Who Is Charles Wright, the New Poet Laureate?

The Library of Congress has selected the 78-year-old poet for the honor

By Lily Rothman June 12, 2014

Watch Maya Angelou Read 'Phenomenal Woman'

The poet reads her landmark poem this video which includes rare images of her as a young woman

By TIME Staff May 28, 2014

Celebrities Pay Tribute to Maya Angelou on Twitter

Notables from J.K. Rowling to Mary J. Blige commemorate the passing of the celebrated poet at 86

By TIME Staff May 28, 2014

Maya Angelou: 1928-2014

Remembering a life of relentless creativity.

By Lev Grossman May 28, 2014

Meet the Former Factory Worker Who Just Won a $100,000 Poetry Prize

Afaa Michael Weaver, who used to work in a Baltimore manufacturing plant, has been awarded the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award

By Lily Rothman March 12, 2014

Actress Sells Book of Poetry About Dead Actresses

ICYMI: Amber Tamblyn is also a very talented poet!

By Lily Rothman March 4, 2014

The Enduring Mystery of Walt Whitman's Meditation on Love and Sexuality

Foreday in the Morning

Duty

How Poetry Helped Sustain John McCain During His Years as a Prisoner of War