‘The human capacity to carry many things at once’
For poet Ada Limón, carrying both the joys and sorrows of a child-free life is a testament to the human ability to exist with many things piled on our shoulders at once.
‘False news’ charges put this Egyptian poet in prison
"The light doesn’t care how tall the fence is; it’s not hemmed in by steel bars or officers’ uniforms. It cannot be forgotten," Galal El-Behairy writes in a poem from Cairo's Tora Prison.
To describe the trans experience, this poet created a new dialect
The language of Jos Charles' “feeld” is like an artifact from a different time, a kind of “lost Middle English” concieved to describe the trans experience in new ways.
This acclaimed feminist poet sees practical magic in resistance
Rooted in protest during this time of uncertainty and anxiety, “Trickster Feminism” explores “what poetry can possibly do, especially in an urgent situation,” according to Anne Waldman.
Twenty-eight million American adults read poetry this year -- the highest percentage of poetry readership in more than 15 years.
“I don’t want to say it’s prophetic, but it is,” says Rose's teacher who found the poem. “If you knew this kid, he was a really nice kid. It’s such a loss."…
Hall, a candid, unaffected writer who examined love, loss and rural American life, died Saturday at the age of 89.
Eduardo Corral's poems are an imagined glimpse into the internal lives of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border -- something he said has been forgotten or intentionally omitted in the national conversation.
Poet Hieu Minh Nguyen says stories like his are often left out of the “visible” Pride experience.
