The choices we make in a poem — line length, tone, diction, point-of-view, etc. — are the poem. Together they make the poem what it is, so that changing one thing changes everything.

The essence of Gwen John’s art is summed up by her teacher James Abbott McNeill Whistler: tone. When her brother Augustus John talked about the character of her work, Whistler fired back, “Character?

UW Poetry Club’s mission is to “write, read, and share poetry with students at the University of Washington and beyond.” ...

This poem adroitly explores complex emotions around the speaker’s decision not to have a child. Nearly every line is interrupted with a caesura (a period, em dash, comma or question mark ...

Oscar-winner Jolie brings tragedy and triumph to the last days of opera singer Maria Callas. Director Pablo Larraín has a fascination with beautiful, melancholy women, and with Maria he delivers ...

Poetry in the 21st century is both ubiquitous and oddly peripheral. Verses are displayed on subway walls, recited on momentous occasions, and served up in giant fonts on social media, but rarely ...