I declare myself free from all malevolent thoughts. Free from telling myself things I would never say to someone else. I know I make mistakes. I know I am not perfect. I know I am human. Would I judge ...

There had never been an inauguration like it. On Friday, January 20, 1961, at the ceremony to swear in John F. Kennedy as the 35th President of the United States, Robert Frost recited his poem “The ...

Rendered in spikily musical tones by Leeder, Grünbein’s latest (after Mortal Diamond: Selected Poems) is full of difficult consolations and a sighing sort of absurdity. Like the poet himself, these ...

This mysterious poem, discovered among the gnostic manuscripts at Nag Hammadi, is narrated by a female divine revealer. " 'Thunder Perfect Mind' is a marvelous, strange poem. It speaks in the voice of ...

"If you looked at my brain, it would be like those taxi drivers who have one huge lobe that just contains directions," Patricia Lockwood told The New York Times earlier this year, "except for me it ...

Sometimes a new book by a poet whose work I've admired for a long time will send me back to that poet's previous books. So it was with "Absence & Presence," a collection of poems by Lisa Steinman, ...

I came to writing late in life, and, as a result, I live life with the wind at my back. After several professional detours, including teaching, counseling, and currently a clinical practice in ...