By creating a space to take us outside ourselves, poems cast an almost mystical spell. Two new collections prove the point.

Here’s a short poem by Emily Dickinson that doesn’t so much close or narrow the gap as somersault over it, landing us in a ...

Maya Angelou, considered one of the best poets in history, signs copies of "Maya Angelou: Letter to My Daughter" at Barnes & Noble in Union Square on October 30, 2008 in New York City. Poetry is a ...

Thanksgiving brings out our grateful side, and not just because someone made pie. The whole point of this holiday is to make us stop and appreciate the people we love and the good things we might ...

Those poems that you notice on New York City subways and buses first appeared in 1992, as part of a collaboration between the Poetry Society of America and the M.T.A.’s New York City Transit Authority ...

Nuala O'Connor's novel Miss Emily vividly brings Emily Dickinson to life, depicting her reclusive days amongst her parents and sister at their estate, the Homestead in Amherst, Mass., in the 1860s, as ...

The carefully crafted words of poems bring ideas to life, sparking our interest in new ways. Poetry can give us fresh perspectives that inspire us to move closer to God. So, reading Christian poetry ...

Recite these cozy Christmas poems to share the holiday spirit and make even your Grinchiest loved ones say, "Ho, ho, ho!" Snow-tipped chimneys, fresh pine, lively carols and gifts wrapped with care: ...

Poems by African-American poets, including Gwendolyn Brooks, Kwame Dawes, Rita Dove, Langston Hughes, Tyehimba Jess, Kevin Young, and more. Photos via Flickr/Gage Skidmore, Flickr/Burns Library, ...

In his new anthology, Joy: 100 Poems, the writer Christian Wiman takes readers through the ostensible ordinariness of life and reveals the extraordinary. “We ate, and talked, and went to bed, / And ...

I’d gone out to rake leaves, lay compost and weed the artichokes we grow on the strip between the sidewalk and the street. I’d been a bit impatient, grumpy even, hacking away. I also discovered that ...