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.

W.S. Merwin: “The Nails”
Poem Guide
by Jeffrey McDaniel
A long-lost meditation on heartbreak and pain.

2000-2009: The Decade in Poetry
by The Editors
How has poetry changed in the past ten years?

The Robert Burns Zombie Cottage of Hotlanta
by Nick Marino
The Scottish poet at home in another time and place.

The Good, the Bad, and the Good Bad
by Abigail Deutsch
Our ongoing fascination with terrible poetry.

Vermin: A Notebook
from Poetry magazine
by John Kinsella
Poems can stop bulldozers.

Absolute Necessities
by Jeff Gordinier
The recession confession of a poetry shopaholic.

Mina Loy: “Lunar Baedeker”
Poem Guide
by Jessica Burstein
The poet navigates the unknown world.