Basking Shark To stub an oar on a rock where none should be, To have it rise with a slounge out of the sea Is a thing that happened once (too often) to me. But not too often – though enough. I count ...

Rutzel’s poetry defies convention. Some verses rhyme, others don’t—but all pulse with honesty, humor, and a deep sense of ...

Whirlwind Duststorm, by John Hawke. Grand Parade Poets, $19.95. It will be interesting to see what mainstream readers and reviewers of Australian poetry make of John Hawke's second collection, ...

If the hustle and bustle of the season is draining your holiday spirit, a few funny Christmas poems might be just what you need to bring back some jolly into your life! In fact, we have plenty of ...

It takes a special kind of mind to get excited by the fact that mommy and salami are a perfect double rhyme. Ohio State University professor and poet Andrew Hudgins has just that mind, which he makes ...

Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition? Think again.

Long rumored to have been in production and finally realized, the fruits of Jack Gilbert's incredible career as one of the most important poets of his generation, of any generation, have been gathered ...

One of Topekan Ruth Maus' favorite sayings comes from a Chinese proverb: "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." That single step for Maus started with auditing a class at ...

When we were both young and unknown poets, Patricia Lockwood had a blog with the tagline “Poems Are Jokes.” For years, this phrase has come back to me, when I hear an especially poetic joke or read an ...