Recommended Poetry

As time goes on, it gets harder and harder to choose gifts for mom. Why not make her something homemade and include a famous poem with heartfelt sentiment?

Nov 20, 2009 - Cynthia Jones-Shoeman

As time goes on, it gets harder and harder to choose gifts for dad. Why not make him something homemade and include a famous poem with heartfelt sentiment?

Nov 19, 2009 - Cynthia Jones-Shoeman

Contemporary poet Natasha Trethewey won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for her book "Native Guard" after a successful debut with her "Domestic Work" and "Bollocq's Ophelia."

Oct 21, 2009 - Angela Zito

Communication is important in a love relationship. The best gift is one that shows how you feel. A gift of love poetry to your beloved sends a powerful intimate message.

Oct 18, 2009 - Linda Ashar

This cycle of 63 poems by A.E. Housman has been continuously in print since it was self-published in 1896.

May 7, 2009 - Sarah Scott

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," by T.S. Elliot was written in 1915 and centers around the spiritual frustration felt by Elliot and many of his peers at that time.

Feb 4, 2009 - Whitney Moore

John Lithgow's Poets' Corner is the one-and-only poetry book for the whole family.

Dec 9, 2008 - James A Woods

Peter Burt is an emerging, dynamic voice in American poetry, a voice which captures the angst and desperation hidden in the souls of those who seek personal meaning.

Dec 4, 2008 - R.L. Coffield

Milton makes the case for Satan to be viewed on a human level different from the tradition of a demon detached from the material world.

Nov 24, 2008 - Jennifer M. Willhite

Missed opportunities dot most lives. Few poems put memories of them in such life-affirming perspective as well as Stafford's "In the White Sky."

Aug 9, 2008 - Andrew Leibs

Known mostly for her feminist columns, writer Katha Pollitt is also a great (but largely unknown) poet in her own right.

Aug 5, 2008 - Philosophy Walker

Alden Nowlan escaped Nova Scotia's poverty and hopelessness, but his best poems remained rooted in the region's desolation and its pitiless people.

Jun 20, 2008 - Andrew Leibs

Students are not always naturally inclined to love poetry. In honor of National Poetry Month, check out these poems.

Apr 26, 2008 - Penny Zang

Vikram Seth's 1986 novel-in-verse was such a long-shot that the author makes Shakespearian voice-overs explaining his hopes and misgivings. Now it's a must-read for poets

Jul 12, 2006 - Holly Pettit

Rita Dove's Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas and Beulah has many children and grandchildren in today's poetry world.

Jul 5, 2006 - Holly Pettit

Thom Satterlee's linking narrative Burning Wyclif won the 2006 Walt McDonald First Book prize, and is probably the best book to come out this year.

Jun 28, 2006 - Holly Pettit

Poet David Rivard's Sugartown is the latest in the urban, academic, pastoral tradition of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hmmm. Just what do I mean by that?

Jun 20, 2006 - Holly Pettit