New Republic

Writing About His Impending Death Has Given Clive James's Poetry New Life

For a certain demographic last September, the breaking news was all about five stanzas. News outlets, from the Guardian to Slate, were reporting the existence of a poem on the subject of death, called ...
NPR

Open A Critic's 'Poetry Notebook' And Find The Works That Shaped Him

Clive James' most anthologized poem is commonly known by its first two lines: "The Book of My Enemy Has Been Remaindered/And I Am Pleased." Those lines tell the uninitiated almost all they need to ...
PBS

Poet’s Notebook: Beginning the Journey by Remembering the Past

U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey kicks off the “Where Poetry Lives” tour with NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown in New York. Photos by Anne Davenport Editor’s Note: PBS NewsHour kicks off a special poetry ...
Rolling Stone

RS Recommends: Tap Into Your Creativity With These Poetry Journals

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Even in the age of e-books, social media, and ...
Wall Street Journal

Poems That Make Your Skin Bristle

Assistant Arts in Review Editor Brian Kelly on National Poetry Month and the virtue of verse. Photo credit: Getty Images. This is the kind of mystery that only gets more mysterious the longer you ...