Jimali McKinnon's new poetry book, "Love Should Be a Two-Way Game: Poems Written in the Deep Dark of the Night" (published by Balboa Press AU), shares poems that range from the humorous to the serious ...

When Selected Poems first appeared in 1959, Mark Van Doren wrote that Thomas Merton believed that “poetry at its best is contemplation—of things, and of what they signify.” At a time when poets are ...

Many of the poems written by Midlander Larry Levy seek clarity and truth, offering epiphanies on life. Levy’s fourth book of poetry, “Blessed Arrangement,” published Nov. 1, is about paying attention ...

Plays on words and tiny twists mean much in a poem. In “Lean Against This Late Hour,” his mesmerizing seventh collection of poems, Garous Abdolmalekian makes us wonder: What if we could put a period ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. Boston-born, Richmond-raised Edgar Allan Poe is one of the ...

We're a week into National Poetry Month. And if you followed our haiku-heavy Super Bowl coverage, you can bet we're not letting April slip by without a nod to the art of the verse. Those bounds should ...