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

Poems are such versatile things. They can be as concise as a well-written line but also long enough to fill an entire book.

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

The poem is so vivid, so specific, that the photograph takes shape in your mind’s eye as you read. You imagine something motherly in the girl’s posture; something childlike in the father’s ...

Literacy is a gift we give our children. It’s reading a poem by, say, Joseph Bruchac and understanding not just the words, ...

On Feb. 4, The Bark's Jerome Stern Reading Series spotlighted esteemed Florida State University poetry professor James "Jimmy" Kimbrell. Kimbrell read a collection of old and new poems to an audience ...