“Poetry” Articles

My daughter Jess died in 2015, yet through music, she feels less absent somehow. Her CDs are a bridge of sorts, conciliatory and consoling.

Now 250 years old, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral shows off Phillis Wheatley’s skill as a writer as well as her Christian faith.

Alan Noble joins Jessica to discuss T.S. Eliot’s writing of The Four Quartets and how the 20th century poet composed this work.

Jessica is joined by Matthew Mullins to discuss their shared love for poetry and Anne Bradstreet. 

Why do we continue creating when we are met with the heartbreak of our own imperfections?

Our team highlights their favorite books and games from 2020 that managed to break through the dark days and deliver a bit of goodness.

Oliver’s poetry reminds us that astonishment is a bridge between us and the beauty of creation.

This poetic fusion of the cosmic and the local brings Lovecraft to the very doorstep of one of Christianity’s most foundational beliefs.

Novels by Patricia McKillip and Ilana Myer suggest another role that poetry might yet play in our society: the project of re-enchantment.

We wander on a bizarre journey, unsure of what, exactly, we are searching for, and then, Christmas.

Maybe poetry sounds like a weird approach to computer passwords, but it’s a solution that’s part of a long and storied human tradition.

Making Manifest asks readers to engage in a holistic worship of God–involving mind, body, and spirit–combining devotional practice with imaginative reflection.

“For Heaney, the very existence and essence of poetry stands against the idea of an empty, meaningless life.”

“We need poetry to speak the unspeakable, and certainly to speak for us when we find our tongues dumb and demure.”