This poem by T.M Hughes presents a lyrical account of the military achievements of England of the six-year Peninsular War, whose atrocities he had witnessed. But even while celebrating the most ...

I love richly detailed descriptive poems, and this one by Barbara Crooker, who lives in Pennsylvania, is a good example of how vivid a picture a poem can offer to us. Her most recent book is “Selected ...

Stand With Me Here, by Robert Francis (Macmillan, $1.75), is a great deal more than a young man’s first book of poems. It has the best sort of promise: a large measure of present achievement. The ...

April is National Poetry Month, so I’ve selected two poetry books that publishers have sent me recently that stood out to talk about this week. In each case, the primary audience is younger people, ...

THERE has been a real need for a definitive collection of modern poetry of the period since the World War, exemplifying recent work of established poets, the increase of associative imagery, the shift ...