Alex Dimitrov's new collection — perfect for anyone caught between the moon and New York City — advises readers to be patient: Time is always moving on, bringing us closer and closer to love.

Poem of the Day: ‘Alone’ God tends to give poets strong wills to drive their bodies, mainly because they need it — often abusing their health as systematically as they can. It’s Edgar Allan Poe ...

That’s not all, however. ... had more sympathy than Chiasson for claims about the poem’s stand-alone magnificence, and hit upon an apt image for the hermeneutic quandaries it poses: ...

Love that’s fragile, Love that’s old. What better way to end our curated list of poems about life than with Marion Strobel’s ...

The title of the poem alludes to Greta Garbo’s best-known line, “I want to be alone”, and the poem may be Garbo speaking ...

From classics to modern masterpieces, these great poetry books—recommended by poets themselves—belong on your bookshelf.