Poetry is the oldest and most varied art we have: if anyone tells you there is one correct method for composing a poem, ...

Romantic Poet,” by Diane Seuss, is one of the best things that our critic A.O. Scott read (and reread) this year.

Mr. Lemke announced that first day that we would be learning 400 lines of poetry over the course of the school year. By heart. He would instruct any of us at any time to stand “on command” and ...