Poetry is close to my heart. I would be lost without its very specific magic, its ability to spark wonder and shock and to open up fresh vistas on life in God. But as W. H. Auden famously says in his ...

In 1968, Margaret Ackerman of the University of Arizona authored a paper for The English Journal in which she included a summary of what poetry meant to most of her students: “sentimentality, ...

LET’S BEGIN by talking about meaning in poetry. It’s always the dragon at the gate whenever you approach the subject. Every poet, I suppose, tries to define for himself what poetry is all about. It’s ...

Special guests kicked off the 9th annual event by asking themselves, what does poetry mean in this century. Artists Cynthia Hogue, Chris Burawa and Teresa Svoboda discussed the issue with the help of ...

Widely regarded as one of Nigeria’s emerging poets in Houston, Texas, Abby Kesington has been featured at poetry events. She is working on her first collection of poetry. Her poems usually focus on ...