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One day before his 45th birthday, on April 1, 1984, the Prince of Soul, Prince of Motown, the iconic and widely beloved singer songwriter Marvin Gaye was assassinated by his father...

 … to leave the curtains open, step away, and make more space for others to enter.

How to wash a heart: Remove it.                                –Bhanu Kapil   Then I felt his knocking  ]] inside my chest.      ...

April is Poetry Month, which means it’s also a great time for free poetry!  Free Poetry for Everyone We’re thrilled to offer a free download of the April 2023 issue of Poetry...

Editor’s Note: This is the third installment in a three-part essay. To read the first two installments visit these links: Part I and Part II. In the previous part of this essay, I...

I tumbled into poetry twice. Both times, dance and the dysfunctional body, mentioned in earlier posts, catalyzed the deep-dive. The first time was as a child and nascent reader; then...

Get inspired to teach poetry, now back in person! The Poetry Foundation is holding its eighth annual Summer Poetry Teachers Institute at the University of Miami, July 10-14, 2023. This free,...

As a way of telling our stories, the language impulse to poetry is a primary expressive urge coming from our bones.

So far, in this essay, I’ve been tracing the practice of “unreadability” in poetry of the 20th century, focusing especially on US lineages of concretism and Language poetry. Part I...

Editor's Note: This is the second installment in a three-part essay. To read the first installment visit this link: Part I. If alliteration in general is the presence of the same sounds...