Many of her poems incorporate natural imagery—she herself created a famously exquisite garden in Lynchburg—but with an ironic tone, as in the case of this poem. Born in 1207 in modern-day ...

"And a lot of information can be gained from reading poems out loud." A poem might offer visual imagery — or may not. If not, go ahead and fill them in with your imagination. Mullen says to ...

A writer might need to think about smell because smell is one of the five senses, which are the important ingredients in imagery. What do you think the other four may be? Imagery is language that ...

Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote devotional poetry, desiring fervently to be close to God while also contemplating the ...

Shadow Price charges readers to contemplate their power and purpose in the world today, recognizing that there is hope even ...

Boston-based poet Tiana Clark hopes to show her courage and confidence with her award-winning poems. In her new book, ...

I particularly admired the threads of imagery that run through this poem – of beachcombings and shellfish, of dental equipment, of weather fronts; the sectioned grandfather mirrored at a strange ...