For those of you who like your poetry news contentious (and who doesn’t?), the lit-crit catfight over the ’uncollected poems’ of Elizabeth Bishop is a welcome development. In one corner is the ...

Dictionary definitions are funny things, using a pile of words to describe the work just one can do. But sometimes the group can weave a little more magic than just one flying solo. The word "pithy" ...

Poetry is the art of making every word, every space, every line count: It requires its practitioners to be sure that every word is exactly the correct word and that it's in precisely the right place.

Micheal O’Siadhail’s Desire and Angela Alaimo O’Donnell’s Dear Dante are collections designed and erected meticulously in an ancient style that an avid reader is unlikely to see in much contemporary ...