At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for when you ...

William Blake’s “The Clod & the Pebble” is a dialogue on tenderness and cruelty in three short stanzas. Read it with our ...

When was the last time you picked up a pen and composed a letter to a friend or a family member? NPR's poet in residence Kwame Alexander reminds us that letter writing delivers something more to the ...

Alfred Ng was a senior reporter for CNET News. He was raised in Brooklyn and previously worked on the New York Daily News's social media and breaking news teams. It turns out poetry fits in pretty ...

Long-distance relationships can be a challenge. You're in love for a reason, after all, and when you're apart, the distance can fill you with longing. Our long-distance relationship poems capture ...

Every year, April offers 30 days of encouragement to dust off the Keats, Neruda and Angelou, or pick up the work of emerging poets from around the country. Since 1996, the Academy of American Poets’ ...