Poetry books have become one of the least checked out collections in a library; often being left behind until there is an academic assignment or a quote is needed. However, when it comes to poetry, it ...

If you think poetry isn't for you, this might be the right time to give it a second chance. Every April in the United States, National Poetry Month invites you to experience and celebrate an art form ...

[The bulk of Timrod’s prose papers are scattered through the newspapers he was associated with, and have never been collected. The present paper has had an existence even more obscure. His immediate ...

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” — William Shakespeare, 'Romeo and Juliet' Ask most people for a list of the most illustrious poets of all time, ...

Maya Angelou, considered one of the best poets in history, signs copies of "Maya Angelou: Letter to My Daughter" at Barnes & Noble in Union Square on October 30, 2008 in New York City. Poetry is a ...