Poetry can be a source of distraction, of beauty, of truth. It can guide us when it gets difficult to manage the intensity of what we're feeling. So it's no surprise that people sought out poetry for ...

Poetry doesn’t need to be meticulously studied. Like a novel, you can curl up on the sofa and read it for pleasure. Oqvector/Shuttertsock One of the things you get asked most when people find out that ...

Last month, we asked NPR readers what poetry means to them. We received nearly 500 responses, from lifelong poetry fans to those who have only recently come to enjoy the genre. From sparking the ...