Simone Weil says in a passage quoted in this anthology, “A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it.” Using Weil’s definition, this is the most real collection of poetry ...

When I return to Harjo’s poetry today as a much different (much older) person, I’m right back in my 20s, eager to learn, share and act on her messages of reckoning with our own histories (no ...

The collection features 100 poems, along with several "reflective pauses" — a short reading and writing prompt on topics like "the joy of making" or "pieces of heaven" — aimed at getting the reader to ...

Below are some of my favorite poems about spring and joy and the innocence and beauty of childhood. “Spring” by William Blake “Sound the flute! / Now it’s mute!

Happiness, therefore, had a relationship: with easy money so often lost as soon as it was pocketed, or with the applause that comes at the end of a song, or with the entanglements of sex and orgasm.

Remember in the first place that this is not an anthology of modern poetry, so called, or of recent Poetry in general. It is not meant to be, if we may believe the statement on the cover that Mrs ...

Poems That Lean Into Calm and Joy Amid Life’s Chaos In four new collections, a frank look at disability, a celebration of domestic life (and dogs), a gathering of hushed moments and a clutch of ...

Below are some of my favorite poems about spring and joy and the innocence and beauty of childhood. “Spring” by William Blake “Sound the flute! / Now it’s mute!