Sometimes it's hard to put loss into words, but poems about losing a loved one can help you comfort a friend, family member, or acquaintance that has just lost someone close ... journey after losing ...

October: Monster by Dzifa Benson “One language is never enough”, Dzifa Benson writes in the first section of Monster, her ...

Jay Nikolewski knew from an early age where he wanted to live. Nikolewski never felt comfortable growing up in America and ...

Poetry can help us encounter the mystery at the heart of the matter without being destroyed.

Darius Atefat-Peckham '23 speaks about his journey as a poet and a person with grace, gratitude, and love, exemplifying the ...

Thoughts of Sterling uses vivid, thought-provoking language and words as pictures to navigate contrasts that define the human spirit—hope and despair, love and heartbreak, the beauty of a relationship ...

While the Taliban claims that it is acting on Afghan culture, by banning women’s access to poetry it is acting completely ...

"I Must Become a Menace to My Enemies" by June Jordan JOSÉ OLIVAREZ: I’m attracted to the way the poem’s rage is grounded in ...

You can usually stir up debate by comparing song lyrics to poetry. As a publication that highlights the exploits of ...

This summer and fall, fires consumed California and much of the west. Extreme heat brought suffering and death across the ...

A shapeshifting medium, it doesn’t always look the same. Robert Frost’s short yet prolific “The Road Not Taken” is poetry ...

PW’s editors select an enticing variety of works for adults, from holiday-themed mysteries to sweeping poetry anthologies.