The season for stanzas: It’s National Poetry Month. Read a poem. Or four. We asked four poets to write pieces inspired by spring April 18, 2019 Perspective by Nneka McGuire ...

With “Poem of the Day,” The New York Sun offers a daily portion of verse selected by Joseph Bottum with the help of the North Carolina poet Sally Thomas, the Sun’s associate poetry editor. Tied to the ...

This poem reminds us that the word “stanza” comes from the Italian and means “room,” which in turn can remind us that there is something that feels physical about reading a poem.