We may earn a commission from your purchases. As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems as well.

Instead of defaulting to the notifications on my phone, poetry has inspired me to begin the day in a different way. By Charley Locke Most mornings, as soon as I wake up, I feel the pull of my phone.

On June 14, 2024, at Cape Cod’s National Seashore near Provincetown, Massachusetts, the nation’s twenty-fourth Poet Laureate, Ada Limón, unveiled the inaugural installation of her signature project, ...

The simplicity of his life informed his work. Ascending to fame at a time when Anglo-American poetry was growing increasingly difficult and obscure, Frost set himself apart. A lyric poet inspired ...