Michelangelo's despairing poem about painting the Sistine Chapel.

Robert Pinsky

Jan 26, 2010 7:03 AM

Robert Herrick's Christmastime tribute to springtime pleasures.

Robert Pinsky

Dec 22, 2009 10:05 AM

Ben Jonson, Robert Herrick, and the art of kvetching in a poem.

Robert Pinsky

Dec 01, 2009 7:00 AM

Does casual talk have a place in poetry?

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Nov 03, 2009 9:33 AM

Christopher Smart's extremely spiritual poem about his cat.

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Oct 06, 2009 7:27 AM

Sentences so good they sing.

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Sept 01, 2009 7:00 AM

How to make poetry from normal, banal, petty life.

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Aug 04, 2009 7:02 AM

Marianne Moore's five-decade struggle with 'Poetry.'

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June 30, 2009 6:52 AM

These poems have right answers. Does that diminish them?

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May 26, 2009 6:47 AM

Why do some poems play it cool and simple while others are all timpany and cacaphony?

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April 21, 2009 6:42 AM

Fulke Greville and the poetry of failed seduction.

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March 16, 2009 7:52 PM

Crazy love, exquisite pain, and the great sonnet fad of the 1590s.

Robert Pinsky

Feb 12, 2009 6:52 AM

The mystery of the unspoken in Emily Dickinson's 'I tie my Hat—I crease my Shawl.'

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Jan 27, 2009 6:57 AM

Robert Herrick's Christmastime tribute to springtime pleasures.

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Dec 23, 2008 6:55 AM

The eerie, unhinged reason of 'There Was a Man of Double Deed.'

Robert Pinsky

Nov 11, 2008 7:24 AM

Walter Savage Landor's 'On Love, on Grief': a lesson in poetic economy.

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Oct 07, 2008 6:41 AM

Milton’s 400th anniversary.

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Aug 18, 2008 6:26 AM

Frequently asked questions about poetry.

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April 17, 2008 12:39 PM

What makes poetry difficult, anyway?

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April 23, 2007 10:56 AM

Great poems about sex.

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Feb 13, 2007 5:08 PM