Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott Here’s a poem about patience, about self-control, about the need to conserve your energy and constrain your desire. Fittingly enough, it’s a proper old-school ...

Actress Ashley Judd read a poem by 19-year-old Nina Donovan from her home state of Tennessee. “I am a nasty woman,” the poem began. “Not as nasty as a man who looks like he bathes in Cheeto ...

Sometimes a poem is written in the actual voice of a character and, if so, I will think about what that character might sound like…. (troll voice)I am the troll that lives under the bridge.

I am spending my time imagining the worst that ... Dusting the Phone by Jackie Kay, reprinted by permission of Bloodaxe Books. Note: this poem is included for reference purposes, please refer ...