It’s there, too, when life is less than rosy: when you’re feeling down, suffering from heartbreak or full of confusion. Even when you’re dealing with an agonizing loss, funeral poems are a comfort.

Jon Stone is an editor at Sidekick Books. Poetry isn’t a medium typically associated with towering beasts. Lyric poems tend to be short, tender and concerned with minor everyday incidents.

Are we tossed in tune when we write poems? For Perloff, the difficulty of this kind of poem had a political edge. At a time when television and advertising were making words smooth and empty, she ...

Von Sturmer, once a punk performer and lyricist for Kiwi band Blam Blam Blam, is a Zen Buddhist. His 300 prose poems here are ...

DUNE director Denis Villeneuve is elaborating on the themes of DUNE and DUNE: PART TWO as he prepares for the franchise’s ...

Whether you’re looking to soothe your mind, ignite your inner rebel or make your heart sing, poetry offers something for every day and every mood. As Dylan Thomas said, “poetry is what in a poem makes ...

This collection, albeit having no particular theme, delves into the complexities of life. It explores the traits and triumphs ...

Tubbs, a fourth-year student in the Spanish distinguished major program, sees value in reducing his tech use. “I’ve learned ...

In a recent video circulating widely on social media, Vidya can be seen reciting a Bengali poem along with her Bhool ...

At least, that was what I was picking up from the trip, as I’ve only started working here recently. One of the gestures my grandboss made to express her thankfulness for us was to write a poem about ...

Editor’s’ Note. The poems below were written by Samantha Jane Abrahmsohn Rubenstein, daughter of Dr. Glenn Abrahmsohn and Jo Abrahmsohn, who sadly passed away in October after a long and courageous ...

The First World War inspired profound poetry, words in which the atmosphere and landscape of battle were evoked perhaps more vividly than ever before. The First World War poets – many of whom lost ...