Poetry scams and scam contests abound. The following helps include five easy ways to tell if the contest you’re entering is on the up and up.

Sally Potter's remarkable feat of a movie whose dialogue is comprised entirely of iambic pentameter.

The unfortunate trend of adding ellipses to a poem, and why it should be avoided at all costs.

Invoking the Muse was common practice among the classical poets to assuage writers block and lend inspiration to every creative endevour.

One of the great spiritual wanderers of time , the great poet/mystic Jelaluddin Rumi weaves tales of Love of the Divine through the eyes of a mortal and with the help of a wandering dervish named Shams.

A review of an exceptional translation of one of the most relevant and transcendent poets of the twentieth century, Paul Celan.