Hilda Doolittle, known as HD, was a prominent modernist poet of the early 20th century. Her 1914 poem "Oread" is a key example of Imagist poetry, which uses concise, sensory language. The poem is ...

William Shakespeare is the bestselling poet of all time. The word 'poetry' is from the Greek term poiesis, which means 'making'. The oldest written poem is the Epic of Gilgamesh originating from ...

Danez Smith’s “Bluff” represents a notable turning point for the poet — and maybe for American poetry as a whole. By Nam Le Nam Le is the author, most recently, of the poetry collection “36 Ways of ...

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 ...

A single missing word in the 1902 poem sparks a deeper look at rhythm, dialect and longing Sea-Fever I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship, and a ...