Jane Hirshfield is the author of seven books of poetry, including most recently Come, Thief, and the classic collection of essays, Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry. Who better to ask: Why write ...

Source: https://pixabay.com/en/to-write-machine-desk-flowers-1700787/ We are halfway through April, National Poetry Month, so it’s a great time to release any ...

While writing about the phenomenon of Instapoetry (poetry initially published by writers on Instagram), I became quickly aware that the internet-poetry phenomenon was not limited to Instagram. One of ...