Tweetspeak Poetry

Poets and Poems: Alison Blevins and “Where Will We Live if the House Burns Down?”

Poet Alison Blevins explores the impact of chronic illness on family and relationships in “Where Will We Live if the House Burns Down?”

“The Locust Years” is a collection of poems by Paul Pastor that beautifully reflect a very difficult time in his life.

The Fireside Poets were the best-selling authors of the 19th century. What happened to them and their reputation?

The poetry anthology “What the House Knows,” edited by Diane Lockward, shows how our houses and homes reflect the people within them.

“108” is an ecothriller by attorney, writer, and former Poet Laura Dheepa Maturi, and it is one wild ride of a read.

June is the time to begin gathering flowers and planting seeds. Come do so in a poem!

The aim of poetry is enchantment, writes poet Dana Gioia in his new collection of essays on poetry and culture.

Sarah Ruden uses six of Sylvia Plath’s poems to tell the poet’s story, stripping away political iconography to reveal the poet’s achievement.