Not only is “If—” a moving letter from ... one of the most celebrated short poems about life, to remind readers of the ...

What jumps into your mind when you think of the most famous poems ever written ... Treasure Island, needs only two lines to ...

Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition?

“Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” by Adrienne Rich, is a blazing portrait of an artist and her work. Our critic A.O. Scott admires its craft — and its wildness. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott Poems ...

To capture their experiences, Save the Children invited children from countries around the world to write short poems about COVID-19, life under lockdown, and how the pandemic has changed their lives.

"Don't count your chickens before they hatch," "The early bird catches the worm" — these and other proverbs are poems ...

There’s a full section with poems dedicated to each of the seven deadly sins. Image Dimitrov — who leans toward single stanzas broken into short lines ... ourselves, or life, too seriously.