Today at All Things Considered, we continue a project we're calling NewsPoet. Each month, we bring in a poet to spend time in the newsroom — and at the end of the day, to compose a poem reflecting on ...

When he was a teenager, Robert Pinsky played tenor saxophone and piano and wanted to pursue a career as a professional musician. Now, said the three-time poet laureate, “my instrument is spoken words.

Robert Pinsky, a prominent voice in American poetry, visited Porter Square Books on Oct. 29 to talk about and read from his new anthology of poetry, “The Mind Has Cliffs of Fall: Poems at the Extremes ...

Former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky in the WBUR studios. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) "Proverbs of Limbo" is the third installment in former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky's poem-jazz series. It combines ...

At 84, the former US Poet Laureate isn’t quite sure how he feels about his decision to retire. But he’s thankful for the poems — and the cake. When I reach Robert Pinsky at his Cambridge home, it’s ...

Robert Pinsky has performed as a spoken word artist with musicians including Mino Cinélu, Catherine Bent, Bobby Bradford, Laurence Hobgood, Vijay Iyer, Josh Ritter, Stan Strickland and Bruce ...

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky offers a poem about the masks we wear. Former poet laureate and NewsHour contributor Robert Pinsky offers some poetic solace to those hit hard by the stock ...

As Poet Laureate of the United States (1997-2000), Robert Pinsky dedicated his unprecedented three terms to invigorating poetry's reputation in the literary world. He is the author of six books of ...