This evening there is a ruckus on Main St. I lift my head, and see Nancy who just came from The Pride event at the 11th St.

Lesson Plans & Resources Thanksgiving with Richard Blanco’s “América” In his poem "América," Richard Blanco brings us into the experience of Thanksgiving celebrated by an extended Cuban American ...

round bodied booty, bounce a praise ballad. she break hold, turn whole in a twerk session. body charmed, spell-bent, toward progressing. Porsha Olayiwola is the author of the collection i shimmer ...

Ten years in the making, A Poet’s Glossary (Harcourt, 2014) is a followup to former Academy Chancellor Edward Hirsch’s best-selling book How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry (Harcourt, 1999 ...

Bertrand N. O. Walker, who published his poems under his Wyandot name, Hen-toh, was born in 1870.

When I began to listen to poetry, it’s when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to listen to what the clouds had to say, and I began to listen to others. And I think, most importantly for all ...

Joyce Kilmer was born on December 6, 1886, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Kilmer attended Rutgers Preparatory School and graduated in 1904. He attended Rutgers College from 1904 to 1906, then ...

And the darkness rolled up on one side, And the light stood shining on the other, And God said: That's good! Then God reached out and took the light in his hands, And God rolled the light around in ...

Exquisite Corpse is a collaborative poetry game that traces its roots to the Parisian Surrealist movement. Exquisite Corpse is played by several people, each of whom writes a word on a sheet of paper, ...

Under the harvest moon, When the soft silver Drips shimmering Over the garden nights, Death, the gray mocker, Comes and whispers to you As a beautiful friend Who remembers. Under the summer roses When ...

that I never got wet. Ada Limón is the author of The Carrying (Milkweed Editions, 2018) and Bright Dead Things (Milkweed Editions, 2015), which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Out here, ...

Explore the rich tradition of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer poets and poetry by browsing a selection of poems & audio. For more essays, video, and ephemera, check out our Pride Month ...