To celebrate National Poetry Month in April, we invited 5 Washington Post photographers to capture nature, and invited 5 ...

You can take a poem with you anywhere, but knowing its origins can help make it yours. Practice by playing our poetry emoji ...

Starting today, we’ll have a week of games, videos and essays to help you along the way. First up: readings by Ina Garten, ...

Today, we help you pay attention to the sound and feel of this week’s poem. Play our game to see how much you’ve already ...

Denver students celebrate the return of their poetry book, "Denver Poets," after a seven-year hiatus, showcasing diverse voices across the district.

It is bitterly ironic that the political party that rages against ideological orthodoxy, virtue signaling and purity tests is ...

Used as a proverbial reminder that no one is entirely independent and that everyone relies in some way on other people, the phrase comes from “Meditation XVII,” part of the metaphysical poet John ...

Always interesting is the geography of a garden, how and where things are planted. In a poem called “Planning the Garden” Amy Lowell enthusiastically puts forth her ideas for a summer garden with its ...

The prisoned music of her deathless roses. Leans the warped and clotted plow. The moon rolls up, while far away And thin with sorrow, the sheepdog’s bay Fills the valley with lonely sound. Slow ...