As we close our celebration of Women’s Equality Day, a salute to the ‘Belle of Amherst’ — the poet who once cried to a friend, “Why can’t I be a delegate to the Convention? Don’t I know all about the Law?”

Jones, a star of the New York scene for decades, offers up two poems of pain and desire, perfect for a steamy August Friday.

You’ll never think of them in quite the same way again. Our second week of poetry by Lucia Perillo.

MacArthur winner Perillo’s poems hint what life is like in what Zorba called “the full catastrophe” — life without the frills of hiding places.

Award-winning poet and teacher J.C. Todd on how memories of caring for one loved one blend into the ritual with another.

Julianna Baggott has the resume and energy of a village of writers. In this week’s poem, she reflects on some of her book-cover blurbs; in the video, she reads from one of her best-selling children’s books, The Prince of Fenway Park.

By Laura Baudo Sillerman

Who better to ignite the Internet than the author of Lit?

Our Poetry Friday introduces Linda Benninghoff, and a poem whose quiet reaches season to season.

Our visiting poet Millicent Borges Accardi leaves us with a raga for a fast-approaching, evanescent phase of the moon. Enjoy.

By Betsy Wing

For Poetry Friday, translator Betsy Wing examines, and shares verses from, the work of Caribbean poet, philosopher, and novelist Edouard Glissant.