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I am funny. Sometimes I am funny. Sometimes parts of my poems are funny. I understand this as a function of God’s love for me: a gift, this instinct, an...

“We believe that there is a public for poetry, that it will grow, and that as it becomes more numerous and appreciative the work produced in this art will grow...

Good humor is hot, and funny people are often incredibly hot. I think this is something the poet Justin Chin understood. Consider his poem “Lick My Butt,” one of the hottest and funniest poems...

The Poetry Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of Jennifer Casteller as chief operating officer (COO) and four new appointees to its Board of Trustees: John S. Bracken, Michael...

The Kitchen Table Literary Arts Center (KTLA) is an arts education and community service organization based in Tampa, Florida. Named after Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, which was founded...

I like to find what's not found at once, but lies within something of another nature, in repose, distinct. “Pleasures” by Denise Levertov E taunts bow  fingers dawn lightly butchers an author  botches cadence mutters in violet. “Echolalia” by Noa Micaela Fields Dear...

The process of knowing how to instrument this information and motivation was the logic behind grafting myself into the Poetry Foundation.

Late July, on a hilltop in Umbria. I’ve carried a desk from one room to another in this 12th century tower to think about humor and poetry. And instead, I sit...

Through it all, I came to learn that literary magazines are more like ordinary families, and less like historical dynasties, than I’d previously imagined.

In May I got to experience poet and legend Ariana Reines read in person for the first time. Ariana is very alive. The story she told to introduce her poems...