Poetry
“Secure Speech Cipher System”
A new poem by Linda Bierds
A New Poem: “Argument from Design”
American poet David Yezzi’s latest composition
“Pineapple”
A new poem by former poet laureate Billy Collins
“Stem Cells”
A new poem by Amit Majmudar
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Poetry Matters: In Baseball, No Poet Has Yet to Do the Game Justice
Smithsonian historian David Ward umpires the field of poetry, honoring the boys of spring, and calls a strike
“In the Sistine Chapel”
A new poem by Scott Brennan
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Billy Collins’ “The Deep”
A new poem from the former poet laureate of the United States
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"Evolution of the Host"—A New Poem by Robert Pinsky
"Evolution of the Host"—A New Poem by Robert Pinsky
"Confederates Try to Burn New York"
A new poem by George Green
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Who Are the Geniuses Behind Your Favorite Poems?
A new exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery unmasks the titans of modern American poetry
“Midafternoon Midsummer”
A new poem by Coleman Barks
“Black Hands”
A new poem by Amit Majmudar
"Pattern and Snarl" – A New Poem by Amit Majmudar
Read the latest poem that was "inspired by a delight in design and pattern"
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Summer Olympics Look, a Poem
Poet J. Allyn Rosser's new piece on watching the Olympic Games
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Document Deep Dive: The Musical History of "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Was the national anthem really set to the melody of a drinking tune? Take a closer look at the original manuscript of Francis Scott Key's song
The Chicken and the Egg
A new poem from the Pulitzer-Prize-winning poet
Venice by Kay Ryan
The former U.S. poet laureate writes about the Italian city
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70 Years of “Slipping the Surly Bonds”
Whether you love it or hate it, John Gillespie Magee's "High Flight" remains the most enduring of aviation poems
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Forget Edgar Allan Poe? Nevermore!
Cities up and down the East Coast claim author Edgar Allan Poe as their own and and celebrate his 200th birthday
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A Jazzed-Up Langston Hughes
A long-forgotten poem about the African-American experience is given new life in a multimedia performance
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