A preview of poetryfoundation.org’s new site March 31, 2011: In the next few weeks, you’ll notice some significant changes on poetryfoundation.org. With the help of Tierra Innovation, we’ve redesigned the site to offer a richer online experience for poetry lovers.  We’ve added to what poetryfoundation.org already does to make great poems available to the online world. SEARCH and [...] by Poetry Foundation

The 15 most-read Poetry Foundation & Poetry magazine articles of 2010 December 2, 2010: Just in case 2010 found you locked in a basement—or with Comcast internet (zing!)—here's what your non-secluded peers made popular over the course of the year: The most-read articles from the past year, from Ginsberg to Myles to Behrle. Enjoy! 15. Ginsberg's Howl to Franco's Ginsberg—D.A. Powell, Rob Epstein, and Jeffrey [...] by Poetry Foundation

Talking with Le Pham Le October 28, 2010: Poet Le Pham Le will read her work tonight as part of the Poetry Foundation’s Poetry Off the Shelf series at Chicago’s Newberry Library. Le’s first publication is a bilingual collection of Vietnamese poems entitled Gio Thoi Phuong Nao/From Where the Wind Blows. She took time out from her busy schedule to answer a few questions for [...] by Poetry Foundation

Lives of the Dead October 8, 2010: “How shall a man spend his death?” Hanoch Levin posed this provocative question in his epic poem, “Lives of the Dead,” translated from the Hebrew by Atar Hadari and first published in English by Poetry magazine in May 2009. Today, Poetry managing editor Valerie Jean Johnson grapples with Levin’s question, using the stage as her [...] by Poetry Foundation

The Learning Lab’s new brew October 6, 2010: A plethora of new goodies has just been added to our Learning Lab. Explore the section for 10 new core learning lab poems, which include annotations, poem guides, teaching tips, writing ideas, and even a handful of audio recordings and video animations. In addition, you'll also find new poetic essays and articles for teachers. There's plenty to [...] by Poetry Foundation

Poetry, copyright, and Hurricane Katrina August 24, 2010: Keith S. Wilson from We Who Are About to Die can recall the first time he read the word “appropriation”—with all of its class and race implications— in a ‘zine when he was a wayward teen. Years later, "The Voices from Katrina" articles currently featured on our site have prompted Wilson to take a closer look at the concepts of art, [...] by Poetry News

Vanessa Place and the 2010 Printers’ Ball July 7, 2010: Vanessa Place--poet, public defender, provocateur--has put together this short teaser video for the full-length digital production the 2010 Printers' Ball will showcase on July 30th. The theme for this year's Ball is "Print by Poetry Foundation

Does a good poet pick up after herself? May 12, 2010: In this week's feature story, Stephen Burt discusses things beyond all this fiddle: More and more, this year—especially since our second child was born—I’ve come to feel that poetry just can’t be as important as most people who write about it now make it seem: that, as Elizabeth Bishop put it in another connection, “Art just [...] by Poetry Foundation

Mother’s Day Poems May 8, 2010: Poetry makes any brunch better: From the Poetry Foundation’s ever-expanding archives, we’ve selected several poems about motherhood. Some are tender, some are funny, some are loving, and some are mournful. Some are about parenting a small child, and some consider motherhood from the vantage of an adult. Though the relationship between [...] by Poetry Foundation

Barbaric AWP April 18, 2010: I am late to the post-AWP wrap-up party, I suppose, but nonetheless, I have a few thoughts about my four-and-a-half days in Denver. One thing, I talked to several people, some friends, some just people, who call themselves Denver residents. They all noted that Denver was a dull place to live. I would remark that I live in Iowa City, Iowa, and [...] by Nick Twemlow