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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.

Don't want to fill your Father's Day card with sorrow and tears? Check out these poems about fathers that won't make dad weep.

On Jared Harél's debut poetry collection Go Because I Love You, and the many ways it examines fatherhood.

One reader on why contemporary poetry is seeing a surge in popularity, inspired by a panel at Book Expo America.

New NEA research shows that poetry readership is the highest on record, with 28 million adults reading. In some demographics, poetry readers have doubled.

What is a poem? We take a stab at answering this question with a breakdown of Ezra Pound's poem called “In A Station of the Metro”

When confusion arises, we can instead wonder about the who instead of the what. Who’s the speaker? Does it matter? In persona poems, the voice matters completely.

Learn about the most common types of poems and be inspired to write a poem of your own.