Hundreds of millions of poetic words have been written throughout history. Navigate your way into this beautiful art form with this list of the most famous poems ever written. What jumps into your ...

Every night is a chance to strengthen your love. Reading a poem together before bed is a simple way to remind each other how much you care, share a special moment, and reinforce the bond that ...

These heartfelt, profound and sometimes funny Thanksgiving poems are perfect for sharing during your Thanksgiving celebration.

At one time or another, when face-to-face with a poem, most everyone has been perplexed. The experience of reading a poem itself is as likely to turn us off, intellectually or emotionally, as it ...

Springfield poet Gemma Campanini likes to have a friend record her when she reads poems publicly — to improve and to see the effect she had.

Barbara Kingsolver, whose Pulitzer-winning “Demon Copperhead” offered a variegated portrait of the region, guides readers through a literary landscape “as bracing and complex as a tumbling ...

To begin, poems shake up your routine. They force you to read in a different way than the way your brain is probably used to. Remember that time you read a poem and you realized it didn't make ...

Every April, in honor of National Poetry Month, we call on our audience (yes, you!) to help us celebrate the art of the verse. We asked for your original poems: haiku, couplets, free form, you ...

Everyone wants to express love, but not all of us know what to say or do. Try reading your boo these sweet short love poems to set the mood.

For National Poetry Month, NPR's Michel Martin speaks with poet Richard Blanco about his latest work and his favorite listener-submitted poems.

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