Percy Bysshe Shelley: “Ozymandias”
Poem Guide
by David Mikics
A poem to outlast empires.

The Soul That Grows in Darkness
by The Editors
To celebrate the Oscars, the editors present classic and contemporary poems about the movies.

Grace
from Poetry magazine
by Christian Wiman
Remembering Ruth Lilly.

Good Poems About Ugly Things
by Molly Young
Is Frederick Seidel an exquisite misogynist?

Nevermoreland
by Abigail Deutsch
In Baltimore, Edgar Allan Poe gets the funerals he deserves.

She Could Tell You Stories
by Hilary Holladay
A conversation about names, race, and the need for mirrors.

In a Relationship
by Tao Lin
An emotionally devastating analysis of five love poems for Valentine’s Day.

Why Live Without Writing
from Poetry magazine
by Durs Grünbein
Unpopular answers to poetry questions.

Inventing Michael Field
by Michelle Lee
Can two women write like one man?

The Poetry of Deep Winter
by Annie Finch
A selection of poems to help you get through the rest of the chill, frost, and darkness.

Carl Sandburg Stops Making Sense
by Ross Simonini
The Chicago poet’s overlooked adventures in linguistic anarchy.

Lazy Bastardism: A Notebook
from Poetry magazine
by Carmine Starnino
Boredom is the highest state of creativity.

In Memoriam: Ruth Lilly, 1915-2009
by The Editors
The staff and trustees of the Poetry Foundation are greatly saddened by Ms. Lilly's death and honor her extraordinary legacy.