“There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé” (Tin House) by Morgan Parker is a brash, risqué collection that explores what it means to be a black woman in contemporary American culture. Parker, ...

As much as we poetry lovers might not like to admit it, poetry does tend to garner far less fanfare than its literary cousin: prose. The opportunities to recognize and celebrate mainstream fiction and ...

This April marks two decades since the Academy of American Poets, and readers and writers of poetry everywhere, celebrated the first ever National Poetry Month. And what better way to honor the ...

After working as a visual artist for many years, Barbara Segal tried her hand at writing poetry. Now, years later, Segal self-published her second poetry collection, “Shelter.” Segal, who has lived in ...

Drawing on her experiences as a teenager, North Shore High School junior Lucia Cagno published her first poetry collection, “Daffodils and Dandelions,” which features about 60 free-style poems. Cagno ...

Imagine the hush of dawn, when the world still speaks in quiet whispers — and poetry becomes the vessel for that inner conversation. These seven varied works are united by a shared purpose: to guide ...

As editors who review poetry for The Atlantic, we read a lot of poems. Each week, there are new PDFs in our inboxes; our desks are covered with chaotic piles of books we’ve yet to crack open, and our ...

Now’s the time for “American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin,” Terrance Hayes’ electric, new book. In his five previous poetry collections — “Muscular Music” (1999), “Hip Logic” (2002), “Wind ...

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From boxing and pitbulls to the pull of friendship and the vicissitudes of love, Van G. Garrett’s poetry plumbs the depths of disappointment to the simple soaring joys of flying a kite. The poet, who ...

Poetry Month may have ended with the last of April, but poetry should be read and celebrated year-round. This spring brings three new collections with Alaskan connections. With his fourth book of ...

A statue of Calliope (the Muse of poetry in Greek mythology) in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, France. (iStock) In one way or another, the poetry collections discussed here grapple with, revel in ...