Educators
Begin in delight, end in wisdom.
Looking back to envision the future.
Articles for Teachers
Teaching poems by Jayne Cortez and Lucille Clifton.
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By Robert Pinsky
Freedom is where the artist begins: there are no rules, and the principles and habits are up to you.
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By Jack Collom
Poem Guides
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Poem GuideBy Stephanie BurtA contemporary take on an ancient Arabic form.
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Poem GuideBy D. A. Powell
Ezra Pound thought she ruined imagism, but her erotic lyricism turned it into a style all her own.
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Poem GuideBy Craig Morgan Teicher
Just what does depend on that old wheelbarrow, anyway?
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Teach with Poetry
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Poem GuideBy Katherine Robinson
Our choices are made clear in hindsight.
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Poem GuideBy Stephanie Burt
A contemporary take on an ancient Arabic form.
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Poem GuideBy Austin Allen
The first great flight of a Modernist legend.
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By Langston Hughes 1926
One of the most promising of the young Negro poets said to me once, “I want to be a poet—not a Negro poet,” meaning, I believe, “I want to write...
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By Annie Finch 2005
Even at this late-postmodernist moment, when self-defined innovative poetry needs to build on a long tradition of previous self-defined innovative poetry, such poetry still defines itself in opposition to tradition....
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By Ann Lauterbach 1998
In May 1998, the critic Michael Brenson organized a symposium at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York at which a number of people in the arts were asked to consider...
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VideoFrom Poem Videos
Using simple, illuminative paper-cut puppetry, this enchanting video imagines the moment of witness that inspired Gwendolyn Brooks to write her landmark poem, “We Real Cool.”
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VideoFrom Poem Videos
Created in partnership with Motionpoems, this animated film explores the complex and multifaceted beauty that can be overlooked by unobservant eyes.
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VideoFrom Poem Videos
Created in partnership with Motionpoems, this animated film explores Rhina P. Espaillat’s meditative poem on the cycle of life and the beauty and wisdom that accompany aging.
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