Although his approach departs somewhat from Rilke’s — the speaker in these poems may not always love the questions quite as ...

My honored colonel, deep I feel Your interest in the Poet's weal; Ah! now sma' heart hae I to speel The steep Parnassus, Surrounded thus by bolus pill, And potion glasses. O what a canty warld ...

“Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” by Adrienne Rich, is a blazing portrait of an artist and her work. Our critic A.O. Scott admires its craft — and its wildness. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott Poems ...

“No one believes me when I tell them I’m 90. On a first visit to a doctor, the doctor opened the door and said, ‘I’m in the wrong room.’ They expect to see a really old lady,” says Irene Kessler, who ...

Author and artist Saneatsu Mushanokoji (1885-1976), who is remembered for his many words of wisdom, lived to be 90. I am particularly partial to one poem written late in his life. It starts to the ...