Each U.S. Poet Laureate has, during their tenure, developed at least one project to help spread the love of poetry in the nation. Robert Pinsky, U.S. Poet Laureate from 1997, worked in collaboration with Boston University, the Poetry Society of America and the Library of Congress to create the Favorite Poem Project. For one year, [...]

Looking for places to submit your work? Every week, we comb through the Poet”s Market and various other sources to highlight three publications, either print or web, that are currently accepting submissions so you don”t have to. These markets are always high quality – the type of publication you”ll be proud to list in your [...]

Sometimes it”s easy to overlook something important because we take it for granted. For months now, I”ve done just that with Ted Kooser”s project, American Life in Poetry. Conceived while he was the Poet Laureate of the United States (2004-2006), American Life in Poetry is a weekly column about poetry that is made available free [...]

Emily Dickinson wrote in a vacuum, but most poets thrive on open discussion, exchange and critique. Local writers workshops are one avenue, and can be found in nearly any city. Open mic readings, book stores and the like often encourage exchange. The internet is another source of poetry discourse and critique, and poetry groups of [...]

Three poetry markets that are currently accepting poetry. Yep, I”m doing it again like I do every week because I know how disappointing it is to click on a submissions link and find that — they stopped accepting open poetry submissions, or they only accept them in October and this is December so you have [...]