For our series Making of a Poem, we’re asking poets and translators to dissect the poems they’ve published in our pages.

Key Takeaways NYT Strands puzzle for July 11 is an ode to poetic forms, from HAIKU to SONNETThe spangram POETRY stitches the ...

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, for instance, is fairly easy to say, but if you mix in two slightly different ...

“Ode to the Resurrection of Mayahuel” Brenda Vaca. “ Somos Xicanas .” ...

Mares Eat Oats sounds like nonsense but makes sense when slowed down. Read the lyrics and try it for yourself!

PRISON REFORM AND JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM. WELL, IN OMAHA, MAN IS SHARING THE POWER OF POETRY TO HELP HEAL AND TRANSFORM.

Poetry used to have rhyme and rhythm: the reason both words are hard to spell is that they derive from ancient Greek. The oldest recorded rhyme is from China in the 10th century BC.

Today, we help you pay attention to the sound and feel of this week’s poem. Play our game to see how much you’ve already learned.

An archive has revealed a handwritten copy of a 200-year-old poem originally written to prove rhyming is easy after an argument at a breakfast table. Marking World Poetry Day, Longleat in ...

Marking World Poetry Day, Longleat in Wiltshire has revealed the little-known poem that shows you can find at least 32 words which rhyme with Longleat.

An archive has revealed a handwritten copy of a 200-year-old poem originally written to prove rhyming is easy after an argument at a breakfast table.