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- PoemBy Joshua SeigalI don’t like similes.Every time I try to think of onemy brain feels like a vast, empty desert;my eyes…
- PoemBy Langston HughesWhen the shoe strings break
On both your shoes
And you're in a hurry—
That's the blues. When you go… - ArticleBy Peter O’Leary
One of the most famous poems in English, one of the first encounters readers have with modern poetry—and may have even invented modern poetry.
- ArticleBy Tyler MaloneFor a poem about the brevity of every state of being, the single octave perfectly enacts its themes through its form.
- CollectionBy Adam O. DavisPoetry, like the movie theater, is built out of dark and light. The ink and the page. The room and the screen.
- ArticleBy Sarah ArvioMetaphor in Lorca is a form of gorgeous shorthand.
- CollectionBy The EditorsEducational resources on poetic forms curated by Poetry Foundation staff
