Alike the bitter cup of grief, Alike the draught of bliss, Its progress leaves but moment brief For baffled lips to kiss.

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Blues as art as theme as exhibition Up on a midtown metropolis edifice Billboard façade 50 feet tall thirty feet wide: BLUE ...

We are pleased to announce the judges of the 2025 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize and the 2025 James Laughlin Award. Hayan Charara, Suzanne Gardinier, and Lisa Olstein will serve as ...

has only good news for my body / and for my mind, she warms them ...

“I wrote this after my last visit to [San Pedro Sula in] Honduras, my family’s homeland—my first time there since the pandemic. We were there without my Tía Gloria and my cousin Ela, whom we lost.

He comes at whiles, the Winter through, West Wind! I would not miss His sudden tryst: the long, the new Surprises o ...

Sunset at Luquillo wetlands / Brings the biting flies ...

Reading the Poem: Silently read the poem “ When the Burning Begins ” by Patricia Smith. What do you notice about the poem?

enduring streets where dreams were bought and sold.

In 2024, the Academy of American Poets invited twelve poets to each curate a month of poems. In this short Q&A, Victor ...