Just one more week until Take Your Poet to Work Day. Meet our final poet in this year’s collection, Sylvia Plath.
Night Poetry: Emily Dickinson’s Symbol Challenge
Can night poetry have sunshine? If you’re Emily Dickinson, you might find a way to mix dark and light by speaking symbolically.
3 Star Trek Poems: Into Darkness
In honor of the 2013 Trekkies high holy day (the debut of the new movie Into Darkness, opens May 16th), we’re featuring Star Trek poems.
Poem: Ghost of Christmas Present
A poem for Christmas by L.L. Barkat: Ghost of Christmas Present.
My Last Villanelle
I admire a well-executed villanelle in the same way I admire a Baroque Tromp-l’oeil ceiling
I See You in There: the Villanelle
Like most poetry built on refrains, the villanelle steers away from narrative ideals, away from conversation and linear exchange