Love is one of the deepest and most universal human experiences. Throughout history, it has inspired countless works of art, music, and, of course, poetry. In moments of joy and connection, love feels ...

Think of a seashell. Don’t think of a conch. In fact, forget, for now, about univalve mollusks entirely. Think of Shell, the ...

Nothing New,” which the American poet wrote in 1918, is published for the first time in The New Yorker’s Anniversary Issue.

There’s always a hush, broken only ... 5046 held poems scribbled on scraps of paper. The handwriting ranged from elegant cursive to hurried scrawls, as though some words were too urgent to wait for ...

Couplets that rhyme with ‘Make in ... important feature of Thayil’s poems. He/she is sometimes omniscient and/or first-person, sometimes both. He/she acts as an interlocutor between the reader’s brain ...

On 'To Bobby', Joan Baez calls Bob Dylan out by name for dropping his interest in politics and protest songwriting, pleading ...

The out-of-doors, similarly, can be filled with silence. On a calm day our winter world can be impressively, or perhaps oppressively, quiet. The snow dampens the sound and, given that most people are ...

Professional astrologer Steph Koyfman reads your monthly horoscope—and spells out how it may shape your travels.

“True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart ... “A friend is one who overlooks your broken fence and admires the flowers in your garden.” ...