Multi-awarded poet, essayist and professor, Rebecca Lindenberg, shared poems from her newest book, “Our Splendid Failure to Do the Impossible,” with the Oakland University community at the 35th ...

October: Monster by Dzifa Benson “One language is never enough”, Dzifa Benson writes in the first section of Monster, her ...

I’d been conditioned to believe that all women should want both of those things and be quietly apologetic if we failed to achieve them. The line was like some of my favorite poems of hers—sham ...

Where to read this sonnet: Poetry Foundation. 6. Sonnet 20: “A woman’s face with Nature's own hand painted” (1609) Sonnet 20 is a poem that speaks of the intersection between gender and ...

But can it sell poetry? That’s the hope behind the Poetry ... “bordello,” where they hand-pick a poet (they’re not just women, Cary noted) to follow them to private, candlelit backrooms ...

Holmes’s print shows the swirls and waves and contours of the back of a woman’s head ... which she describes as “a pretty sexy poem”: “And I wished for night and you./ ...

Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...

Carroll was only 17 years old when she left her native Co Mayo, an experience she detailed in this unnamed poem she wrote in the 1980s. “She was an amazing woman and had a great life until she ...

The founders of the small nonprofit press are paving the way for a younger generation. It will soon be moving to Bellingham, ...

Poetry is close to my heart. I would be lost without its very specific magic, its ability to spark wonder and shock and to open up fresh vistas on life in God. But as W. H. Auden famously says in his ...

More than 400 poems have been written by children from across Wales to show their support for the Cymru women's team. This is the first time the team has reached the UEFA Women’s EURO play-offs. The ...