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

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

Nothing New,” which the American poet wrote in 1918, is published for the first time in The New Yorker’s Anniversary Issue.

Over a career that’s now in its seventh decade, Frederick Seidel has published nearly 20 notable collections of poetry—work ...

Grammar wants that interrupting “child” to refer back to “me,” who seems to be cradled in the daughter’s maternal arms. The poem is so vivid, so specific, that the photograph takes shape ...

Jacobs, the founder of Yetzirah: A Hearth for Jewish Poetry, has written two previously acclaimed collections: Pelvis with ...

These 6 poems capture the essence of unrequited love. Share them with that special someone who doesn't feel the same way, but ...

But I was excited about poetry.” She is a Sahitya Akademi winner and was shortlisted for the prestigious T.S. Eliot Prize. “Being nominated for the T.S. Eliot Prize meant a lot to me because I ...