Analysis: The poem opens with irony, suggesting that massive destruction often begins in a way that feels absurd or incomprehensible. The casual “huh?” juxtaposes the gravity of the bomb, highlighting ...

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When he went to college at Virginia Tech, he studied poetry under Nikki Giovanni. Poetry became part of his life. Poetry ...

It was a worldwide revolution of technique and delight which robustly punctuated the equilibrium of evolution. In the blink of an eye the land bloomed with a spectrum of brilliant color where before ...

Founded in 1996 by a pair of Black poets who felt isolated in predominantly white literary spaces, Cave Canem has become one of the most influential literary organizations in the U.S.

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Peggy Shumaker, a stalwart supporter of Alaska writers and the larger arts community, is a professor emerita from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a former Alaska writer laureate. Author of nine ...

He’s a perceptive reader, and he has a knack for writing about poems in ways that lend shape and even excitement to the act of reading and thinking about them. He’s also comfortable ignoring some of ...

"Don't count your chickens before they hatch," "The early bird catches the worm" — these and other proverbs are poems ...

Libraries, schools and cultural organizations around Massachusetts and the country celebrate April as National Poetry Month. In honor of that occasion, please enjoy the official state ...