Poetry is a space to experiment with language — communications through this medium enables deeper emotional expression. This ...

You can memorize a stanza, like a mantra, if you like—or you can take the advice of former poet laureate Billy Collins in “Introduction to Poetry” and “waterski / across the surface” instead of ...

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 ...

Poet Linda Susan Jackson is interviewed at length in the Summer 2025 issue of Brilliant Corners, where she discusses the formidable women in her family, her relatively late introduction to poetry, as ...