The name of this fourteen-line poetic form comes from the Italian sonetto, meaning "a little sound or song."

In these poems of lament, the speaker expresses grief and sorrow.

Our best stories about poetry and poems offer free links to poems from contemporary and classic American poets.

This Women's History Month, take a minute to bow down to the women of Nerdlandia.

Celebrate Women's History Month all March with JSTOR Daily. We hope you'll find the stories below, and the scholarship they include in full, a valuable resource for classroom or leisure reading.

Poems by Black poets, including Morgan Parker, Hanif Abdurraqib, Simone White, Terrance Hayes, and more.

Profiles of Betye Saar, Krista Franklin, Miles Davis, Basquiat, Kanye West, Faith Ringgold and more.

Celebrating Black History Month with a look at the role of women in movements for liberation.

JSTOR Daily editors pick their favorite stories for Black History Month.

Funk music, floating cities, poetic prose, and a return to the classics.