It’s possible to study more “conventional” and “archaic” kinds of poetry at Kenyon. I mean, I took a class on Chaucer my sophomore year, where I voraciously read rhyming epics about talking birds. I ...

I asked people to send in their thoughts. Most agree with Campbell. This does not surprise me. Over the years I’ve had feedback from readers who would like more rhyme in the poems we run. At the risk ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Well, now I suppose is as good as any time to talk to you about poetry and rhyme. Does a poem have to ...

I hope you are enjoying our Sunday column, “Poetry from Daily Life,” which provides each week the wit, wisdom, and experiences of poets and authorities on poetry. By offering such a rich mix of voices ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Timothy Rasinski, who lives in Stow, Ohio. Tim was told he was a good writer during his master’s degree program. However, his writing is not poetry, but ...

For Jeremy Bentham, a philosopher, poetry was simply writing that “fails” to reach the end of the line. For W.H. Auden, a poet, poetry was that which “makes nothing happen”. Arnold Bennett, a writer, ...

Well, this is rich. Or, I should say, riche. It seems I am a master poet / Though no one knew I was a poet. Here’s the story: A few months ago I received several junk e-mail solicitations for an ...

I think I've always been a poet. Even when I thought as a teenager that I would grow up to be a best-selling novelist, I sought out layers to peel off my phrasing; I sought out words that travel ...