Researchers are new to studying the implications of poetry for well-being and the brain. Still, it may surprise you “what a poem could do…,” how poetry changes our brains, and what you might get out ...

Poet Linda Susan Jackson is interviewed at length in the Summer 2025 issue of Brilliant Corners, where she discusses the ...

A new anthology edited by US poet laureate Ada Limón invites us into the natural world.

Everyone's response is different. Responding to poetry means writing your own personal thoughts and feelings about a poem. The Cloths of heaven could be a metaphor for the sky, but ‘heaven ...

In an introduction to “The Best American ... The list was compiled by Daniel Halpern, National Poetry Series editor and poet, and Walt Hunter, contributing editor at The Atlantic, with input ...

The form of a poem is how we describe the overarching structure or pattern of the poem. Some forms of poetry must stick to very specific rules about length, rhythm and rhyme. Poets enjoy playing ...