Poetry

After winning the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and retiring after three decades teaching at Washington University, Carl Phillips has published a new collection of poems. Like much of his work, they linger on themes like the unreliability of memory and the ever-present specter of loss.

Recent John Burroughs graduate and Lake St. Louis resident Shangri-La Hou discusses themes of nature, spirituality, identity and place in her work, and poetry as a tool for self-expression and raising ecological awareness.

Shangri-La Hou, a senior at John Burroughs School in Ladue, is one of five National Student Poets who will promote poetry around the country.

Carl Phillips read the title poem of his award-winning collection, “Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020,” during a March 2022 appearance on St. Louis on the Air.

The debut poetry collection from Jacqui Germain traces a searing return to the Ferguson protests of 2014.

Get goosebumps this Halloween from our spooky rendition of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic poem, “The Raven.”

A school known best for engineering is taking on programs designed to inject more arts and humanities into the school, hoping a culture of creativity will benefit the entire university community.

Dana Levin’s new book, “Now Do You Know Where You Are,” contains poems set in and around St. Louis, where she now lives.

Carl Phillips’ new book includes both new material and selected poems from 2007 to 2020.

The podcast “Poetry for All” aims to make poetry more accessible for both longtime lovers of the medium and those who haven't read a poem since high school.