Nancy Miller Gomez is the county’s new poet laureate for 2025-26, having officially been announced to the position at the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors’ Jan. 28 meeting.

By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

“The churning, burning world needs poets,” Wharton said. “Poets express the human experience in lyrical words. Metaphor in ...

A survey of the Polish poet’s work in the late 1940s and early 1950s highlights Miłosz’s attempt to grapple with the ...

May this February 14th be filled with love and romance. Share these poems with your soulmate and let them know how much they ...

I have met so many good people of Petersburg, and I love the great possibilities that the city has on the horizon' ...

Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...

February, and the events of this year so far have not inspired much optimism. Diversity, equity and inclusion programs are being slashed, hundreds of people have lost their homes to fires and members ...

Contra Costa County Poetry Out Loud champion Olivia Buhlman will next compete in the state finals in Sacramento.

The International Poetry Forum returns after a 14-year hiatus to revive the Steel City’s role in showcasing renowned writers.

Poets Matt Starr, Aria Aber, and Alex Dimitrov share their tips for writing a love letter (or DM) to your crush, including ...

The West Tisbury library is seeking nominations for the new West Tisbury poet laureate for 2025–28. The term of the current ...