A woman who has taught poetry in Salinas Valley State Prison and Santa Cruz County jails and racked up dozens of prestigious ...

Missouri Poet Laureate David Harrison shares how to fill your own sack of ideas and describes what he keeps in his.

Nancy Miller Gomez is the county’s new poet laureate for 2025-26, having officially been announced to the position at the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors’ Jan. 28 meeting.

Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...

The speaker is left in awe at the dazzling force of this inanimate object, and feels a strong desire to “change [his] life.” The poem reads as a sort of prayer in which the speaker seeks a connection ...

Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include two invigorating releases by Diane Seuss and a dark, posthumous collection by Tove Ditlevsen Alongside Terrance Hayes, Diane Seuss has a strong case to ...

Some poems evoke the drama of famous paintings or ... The first stanza plunges into the picture, construing it both as a visual object and as the memento of a physical experience.

The poem is a tribute to the spirit of India, capturing the essence of its rich culture, diverse traditions, and the strength that comes from its unity. It celebrates the beauty of India's ...