In 2016, John Godfrey published The City Keeps: New and Selected Poems 1966-2014 (Wave Books). This is good news for those who’ve been unable to find his work from the ’70s, published in pamphlets by ...

If you have followed my writing on Autostraddle, you know the one subject I feel the most comfortable writing about is poetry. I read it, I write it, I listen to it, I consume it so many ways, through ...

When in doubt, don't cry it out, read it out. There's no special recipe when it comes to moving on from heartbreak and, rest assured, it WILL be one of the most uncertain times in your life. The only ...

Breakups are undoubtedly tough moments. And when the person we thought was the love of our life decides to leave with someone else, the pain can be even more gut-wrenching. Heartbreak not only wounds ...

I think you can probably agree that love is terrible and in no way worth the effort. I mean, sure, in theory you find someone you care about and give some measure of meaning to the mortifying ...

Across cultures and centuries, heartbreak has consistently produced art. After death, people write elegies. After betrayal, we write songs. After war, exile, divorce ...

Sometimes love really freaking hurts. Heartbreak is something we will most likely all deal with in one way or another in life, but if you haven't yet, brace yourself for impact. You think that when ...

When Robert Lowell's Lord Weary's Castle appeared, in 1946, it was as welcome as a bumper crop. The sheer gorgeousness and encrusted bookishness of this poetry startled readers used to the plain talk ...