poetry Archives

Cavehill, hill overlooking Belfast, in Northern Ireland

The Art of ‘Silence’ in the Poetry of Northern Ireland’s Medbh McGuckian

November 15, 2019

Kingsborough Community College Professor Maureen Fadem deciphers the eclectic poetry of Northern Ireland’s Medbh McGuckian in a new book titled Silence and Articulacy in the Poetry of Medbh McGuckian. Read more ›

View of elevated railway in Queens, New York City, USA

A Poetic Tribute to Queens

September 26, 2019

| Queens College

A new book of poems pays tribute to the diversity of Queens. Read more ›

Trees are shown in a black and white view of earthworks at Fort Gadsden, a historic site in Franklin County, Florida

The 1619 Project: A Poem Reveals Hidden History

August 23, 2019

| College of Staten Island, The City College of New York, The Graduate Center

A Pulitzer Prize-winning poet commemorates a terrible event from U.S. history as part of The New York Times' "1619 Project." Read more ›

Airport-style queues marked with "immigration" tape

Please Let Me Through: A Poet’s Airport Meditation

May 29, 2019

| Brooklyn College, The Graduate Center

A political scientist's poem -- published in The New York Times -- contemplates airports as places filled with anxiety as well as adventure. Read more ›