Poems can evoke laughter, tears, and thoughtful reflection. Recent research has shown their therapeutic effects: how they can reduce stress, relieve grief, and increase well-being.

We shared their photos with five poets who responded to the images with original poems. The result is a duet between ...

When Ada Limón became the U.S. Poet Laureate in 2022, she took that moment she used that moment to reflect on poetry's power to connect — or to reconnect — people to the world around them and to their ...

Starting today, we’ll have a week of games, videos and essays to help you along the way. First up: readings by Ina Garten, ...

Today, we help you pay attention to the sound and feel of this week’s poem. Play our game to see how much you’ve already ...

For the past five months, he has been the nation’s most prominent poetry critic, writing a monthly column that uses the Times’ interactive technology to analyze a single poem at a time.

This week’s guest on Poetry in Daily Life is Nile Stanley, PhD, who lives in Jacksonville, Florida. A teacher educator, artist-in-residence, and researcher for 36 years, he has been on a mission ...

the 2025 CBC Poetry Prize is currently accepting submissions. You can submit an original, unpublished poem or collection of poems from April 1-June 1. In the poetry collection Unravel, Nigerian ...

Finding gratitude in things and people around me pretty much is the antidote to a lot of angst, but I easily forget to do it. I’ve noticed that when I try to organize messy things, though ...

On the April 8 episode of “The Show,” the candidates for first place were CLOSE YOUR EYES’ “All My Poetry,” TEMPEST’s “Unfreeze,” and xikers’ “BREATHE.” CLOSE YOUR EYES ...