A week ago, I had a column titled Poems by Heart. The column drew responses from many readers, which I will publish in due ...

Need to solve a challenging problem? Read or write some poetry! Compelling research demonstrates that poetry can accelerate ...

The plight of Pierre, &c. Up north and down here, &c. 9/11 as ‘inside job,’ &c. Writers tell of poems they have memorized, would like to memorize, etc. A week ago, I had a column titled ...

A.O. Scott ponders the specific gravity and unlikely grace of Kay Ryan’s “Turtle.” And we have a game to help you memorize it ...

William Shakespeare (1564–1616), who needs no introduction on a poetry page, was considered the greatest English poet — and perhaps one of the greatest poets of any language — to put pen to ...

People prefer AI-generated poetry over Shakespeare and Byron because it is more ‘beautiful’ and easier to understand, a study ...

As Coleridge, Shakespeare, and Lewis have shown, the answer is not only because poetry is beautiful or memorable or speaks to the heart. We read poetry because it is itself a way of knowing.