To put a death mask on tragedy, A drape on the mirror. But couldn’t make less. Not then, not soon. Each day, a new caption on the cartoon Ending that simply cannot be. One hears repeatedly, the role ...

Once, years ago, I visited the home of a family whose son had died in childhood, and watched a video tribute the parents had made to the life of their child. Weeping, I resolved not to buy a camcorder ...

I must visit; it’s urgent, can’t they see? How can I grieve after losing your pictures? The bereaved must cling to memories, They say. But what if they aren’t tangible? I know I do remember all your ...

A light touch and a wry tone are what readers typically remember from the poetry of Alexander Pope (1688–1744), but he was absurdly talented, a man from whom words poured out in meter and rhyme as ...

Natasha Trethewey was named the 19th Poet Laureate of the United States in June, becoming the first Southerner to receive the honor since Robert Penn Warren, in 1986, and the first African-American ...

This poem explores all the distances between mothers and their children, the frayed seams between countries and cultures. It is also a poem of love and understanding, as if love is a way to the ...

Learning to mourn with Susan Howe, Gertrude Schnackenberg, Anne Carson and C.D. Wright. Poets writing in English have long learned to mourn from classical precedents. They have drawn on a tradition of ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. In Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place, hooks ...