Gazan literature professor Refaat Alareer shared a poem titled “If I Must Die” weeks before he was killed. Actor Brian Cox of HBO’s “Succession” read it as a tribute.

I’m intrigued by the tension in Jake Skeet’s poem: Its title juxtaposes love with death, and its rhythms press against the nettle-like images. The first stanza’s images are scarred and rough ...

To mark the end of National Poetry Month, our critic at large, A.O. Scott, unpacks Frank O’Hara’s classic love poem, “Having a Coke With You.” “The feeling of the poem is the feeling of ...