American Women’s Poetry is a research and teaching collection and includes historical examples of books by and for women, artists’ books created by women and collections of poetry by American women.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

2016 has been a banner year for poetry — based on the look of my bookshelves, at least. Which is why compiling a list of the best poetry collections of 2016 was both easy (because there are so many ...

Poetry has traditionally sold best among older readers, particularly those in their 50s. But recently, a growing number of ...

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 ...

Ada Limon's moving and deeply personal fifth collection of poetry, "The Carrying," chronicles simple joys and profound heartbreak. In one poem, "Mastering," she delves into her own struggle to get ...

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 ...