Author Joseph Bruchac shares a poem about a bumblebee and how taking the time to listen to the natural world led him to it.

Poems can evoke laughter, tears, and thoughtful reflection. Recent research has shown their therapeutic effects: how they can reduce stress, relieve grief, and increase well-being.

If we’re being honest here, a true starter pack of modern American poetry would look something like this: “Goodnight Moon,” “Where the Sidewalk Ends,” “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.” For many of us poetry ...

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

I tried to capture that sense in my poem, "Nature, You Brute." I wanted to evoke a sense of that natural violence — of storms and floods and earthquakes and volcanoes — and stand it up against ...

When I moved over from being a movie reviewer to my current job at the Book Review, I thought, Well, I’d like to do something with poetry ... while you’re freaking out about everything ...

I've been trying to gain inspiration in everything that I see. Craig Norris: And now your book I Cut My Tongue on a ... Craig Norris: Does poetry do that for you? Kyo Lee: Yes, absolutely.

In the stillness of night, by the candle’s glow, The book in my hands is all I know. No one knows how the story goes. Maybe sad, heartbreaking and even mad, But everything comes together at the end.