But if you do write about a poem and its context, be careful to include only details that reveal something about the poem. Maura Dooley was born in Truro, Cornwall in 1957 and grew up in Bristol.

Oglala Lakota poet Layli Long Soldier read her poem “135 Xs” and led a craft talk as part of the Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series, criticizing the oppression of Indigenous populations.

In February, digging his garden, planting potatoes, he saw the first lapwings return and came indoors to write to me, his knuckles singing as they reddened in the warmth. It’s not romance ...