Worcester Magazine

For love of poetry: Nicole 'Nic' Jean Turner city's new poet laureate

Nicole “Nic” Jean Turner, one of the organizers of the Dirty Gerund Poetry Series at Ralph's Rock Diner, is Worcester's new ...

Poet Amanda Gorman on her work, 'For Renee Nicole Good'

Poet Amanda Gorman wrote a poem for Renee Good, who was killed by an ICE officer this week. Gorman reads her poem and speaks ...
The Atlantic

The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far)

Poetry in the 21st century is both ubiquitous and oddly peripheral. Verses are displayed on subway walls, recited on momentous occasions, and served up in giant fonts on social media, but rarely do ...
Sequim Gazette on MSN

Poetry tradition continues on at Five Acre School

Along with teaching at Five Acre, Bridge is also the Clallam County Poet Laureate. She spent her childhood in Sequim with her ...
The New York Times

An Instagram Poet With Hints of Interesting Darkness

David Gate has a popular following online, but his best poems suggest he’s not entirely comfortable as an influencer. By Jeff Gordinier Jeff Gordinier recently won the James Beard Foundation’s M.F.K.
The Conversation

COVID poetry: how a new genre is helping readers to comprehend the pandemic

Marcello Giovanelli does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...
Inside Higher Ed

Is Poetry Dying?

A freshman dorm mate won the Pulitzer Prize in poetry nearly a decade ago. His book sold, according to the last count that I saw, 353 copies. Sure, there is at least one young contemporary poet, ...

There’s a week left to enter The Telegraph’s 2026 Poetry Competition

There’s a week left to submit your entry to The Telegraph’s 2026 Poetry Competition. Back by popular demand, this is the ...
The Conversation

I researched poetry written during COVID – five years on, here’s how people say it helped them

Rory Waterman received funding for 'Poets Respond to Covid-19' (2020-21) from United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI). Historically, poets have had less to say about pandemics than you might ...