Lyric poetry is a genre of short hummable poems whose origins can be traced back to ancient Greece. The category includes sonnets, elegies, and odes, distinct from verse dramas and epic poems ...

Lyrics are often compared to poetry. Are they a form of "the poetic art?" Are they less "artistic?" Poetry has a romantic aura to it, whereas lyric writing seems rather plebeian (to borrow a word from ...

I look for expansiveness and inclusiveness in poetry and am drawn to poetry that is able to tell a story while maintaining the intensity and linguistic invention of the lyric. I’ve also written ...