In a poem midway through Mark Jarman’s collection The Heronry, a student on a trip abroad (to France?) makes trouble for herself. She loses her passport, skips class, gets drunk, and gets arrested.

In his new poetry anthology, Garrison Keillor finds poems in which people's lives take place against the varied landscapes of America. Keillor has made it no secret that for his daily radio feature ...

Leontia Flynn is one of the best poets of her generation, despite being less widely known than many of the generation she ...

A framed poster of a stamp depicting Langston Hughes, who wrote some of the best poems in American history. Poetry provides the perfect way to indulge in the escapism of reading without the commitment ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Poetry is often referred to as an art, and it is one, but it’s also a practical tool. It can jostle your brain into new thoughts, ...

“The word tender comes to mind,” says Tamara Wellons, who manages the artist in residence program at the Inova Schar Cancer Institute in Fairfax. In a space on the second floor, near the elevators and ...

One of the few hazards of being an English professor is that when a friend or relative gets married, they might invite you to read a love poem at the wedding. It’s an honor to be asked, of course, but ...