in Poe’s “system” of Tarr and Fethering (fathering). The kind of poetry I want gums up the works. A tangle of truths. From the outset of his career Bernstein has fought for a poetry of leaps and ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. “Open Form in American Poetry: Essays” by Burton Hatlen; University of Maine ...

“Poetry leaves something out,” our columnist Elisa Gabbert says. But that’s hardly the extent of it. By Elisa Gabbert I once heard a student say poetry is language that’s “coherent enough.” I love a ...

“And what about art? Mistrusted, adored, poetised, condemned, dismissed as entertainment, commodified, auctioned at Sotheby’s, purchased by investment-seeking celebrities, it dies into the ‘art object ...

I rarely admit to writing poetry when talking to people I’ve just met. Asked what I do for a living during a night out with my wife, I sometimes default to ‘freelance writer,’ or more often than not, ...

AMERICAN POETRY now belongs to a subculture. No longer part of the mainstream of artistic and intellectual life, it has become the specialized occupation of a relatively small and isolated group.

During the 17th and early 18th century, three very prominent Pashto poets honoured what today is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan. They were, in chronological order, Khushal Khan Khattak, Rahman Baba ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Best Australian Poems 2017 Ed., Sarah Holland-Batt Black Inc., $24.99. Black Inc.'s annual Best Australian anthologies have been ...