Poems are such versatile things. They can be as concise as a well-written line but also long enough to fill an entire book.

While Frost was referring to the poet’s writing process, the same can be said of poetry’s ability to strike a chord. Just a few beautifully composed lines can have more power and pull than ...

“The churning, burning world needs poets,” Wharton said. “Poets express the human experience in lyrical words. Metaphor in ...

Do this in bits, pausing every few words, so that you don't give yourself too much to remember each time. Keep doing this until you can say all of the lines in the first part of the poem without ...

There will be clues to the tone not just in the language but in the punctuation and structure of the lines and stanzas, so try a few different ways to read the poem if you aren’t sure.

Take it from an accidental poet — anyone can do it I’ll finish with a poem from "Desire Lines" about something we all do. This is how we sleep: On our backs, with pillows covering our chests ...

“I can take all of their answers, and I’ll go through underlining or circle a few words or phrases ... Gaines read a couple ...