Poetry is a form of literary art that uses aesthetic, rhythmic, and often emotional language to evoke deeper meanings, feelings, or imaginative awareness. Derived from the Greek poiein (“to make”), it is a crafted art form that utilizes meter, rhyme, and structure to create musicality and intensity.
What if a book could transport you back to AIM screen names, late-night drives, and your first heartbreak?
This week I’m reviewing *irl* by Danielle McMahon, a poetry chapbook that captures the feeling of growing up in the 1990s with surprising tenderness. Poetry isn’t usually my genre, but this one found exactly the right nerve to press.
Read the full review to see why this small collection left such a lasting impression.
A candid review of Goblin Market and Other Poems by Christina Rossetti, exploring its lush language, heavy symbolism, religious themes, and why this classic Victorian narrative poem didn’t quite work for me.
Get the reading prompt “Read a book written in verse” in the Playing Card Reading Challenge? Want to try reading something different? Try Narrative poetry!
Of the 121 Nobel Laureates in Literature, only 18 women have been awarded. Here are the female winners by year, why they won, and a book by the author.