Since 1995, Donald Hall has been so closely associated with the untimely passing of his wife, poet Jane Kenyon, that his long life’s work in poetry, arcing over six decades, may be said to have become ...

Love, longing, and lament lend themselves well to poetry, as the Argives know well. Valentine’s Day is approaching, and there ...

The British poet tells the tale of a Russian-Jewish immigrant sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of an unpopular landlord in 1911 Kit Wright’s work is a bracing reminder that rhythm is a ...

A book of poems and prose is always a joy to read because it gives the author leverage to express themselves. Such is the case of The Lament, by Ercell H. Hoffman, a book that gives the reader a mixed ...

Let me learn from the Brent geese their grey grammar of grief as they wheel in a bow-backed flock onto a February tide. Let me learn from these strong geese to map my losses with a cry, learn from ...

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