#poetry

Searching for the right poem to warm you up? Read this list of 13 of the best erotic poems, from classics to the contemporary.

Pairing One Direction lyrics with quotations from Renaissance-era poetry yields interesting conversation about the nature of love, loss, and a lot of fire.

Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith is launching a daily 5-minute poetry podcast beginning in November. Listen to a trailer episode now!

Family sees the best and worst in us. What better art form can we find that examines the complicated nature of family than poems about family?

"Latinx writers are doing work that feels important now more than ever, but has been important, beautiful, and necessary always."

A group of twenty friendship poems looking at friendship with one another, the world, canines, lost friends, and terrible friends.

Take a trip to Oxford, UK, in this week's edition of Literary Tourism and get up close and personal with some excellent bookish history.

Read or listen to these great summer poems, perfect for reading by the pool, by a lake, by a campfire, or anywhere else outside.

A new bride lists the books she gave her bridal party, with their dedications.

Bookish goodies for your literary life.

Resistance poems capture the speaker's rage at the modern world along with their desire to resist oppression. Share poems to express yourself at protests.

Erase your stereotypes and assumptions about Native American poets and dive into these rich works with themes on oppression, identity, and love.

It's like Dear Sugar, but with poetry. Poetry prescriptions and advice from some of the best poets today, like Sarah Kay, Kaveh Akbar, and Claire Schwartz.

A collection of funny poems to make you think about life and go "oh yeah". Featuring the wit and wisdom of Carol Ann Duffy, Sandra Beasley, and more.

Grief may be universal, but all of us struggle to express our love and emotions to the deceased. Funeral poems and mourning poems can help a great deal.