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This Millennial Cartoon Staple Gets the Ode Mostly Wrong

Stimpy penned some deeply mid poetry right off the bat in S1E1. The results? A chuckle-worthy bag of cash. Commentary!

Jun 11 • Caitlin Cowan

How I Write: “Letter to My Long-Distance Lover in Which We’re Ross & Rachel”

A behind-the-scenes series on writing, revision, and how to make your poems come alive.

May 26 • Caitlin Cowan

Poets on Film: The Drunkest Poet in the World

An almost-biopic about one of the literary world's grittiest characters leans into poetic stereotypes we've left behind... or have we?

May 5 • Caitlin Cowan

Poets Wearing Headphones: How to Write a Poem Like You're Gonna Die

In which I subject Sufjan Stevens to scansion.

Apr 21 • Caitlin Cowan

Netflix’s Sexy Vladimir Adaptation Is a Fiction Feast, with One Poetic Exception

You already knew that English was a very horny discipline, right? Right??

Apr 1 • Caitlin Cowan

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The Poem That Gave 10 Things I Hate About You Its Title Is Neither of the Things It's Supposed to Be... Or Is It?

Feb 14, 2024 • Caitlin Cowan

January Embers, Part I: The Poem That Becomes the Shared Language of Horror Flick IT (2017)

Oct 14, 2021 • Caitlin Cowan

The Poem That Explains Walter White

Mar 23, 2022 • Caitlin Cowan

The New Trailer for 28 Years Later Is Incredibly Disturbing, and We Have a Poet to Thank for That

Dec 19, 2024 • Caitlin Cowan

Recent posts

In Baltimore This Week? Find Me at AWP!

Can’t wait to see you in Charm City and get haunted by my hotel’s ghosts.

Mar 4 • Caitlin Cowan

From the Archive: PopPoetry's Most-Read Post Highlights Romcom Royalty

Happy Valentine's Day, shrews!

Feb 9 • Caitlin Cowan

Writing Prompt & Review: Del Toro's Frankenstein Airballs the Novel's Feminism

The horror icon made a controversial choice at the end of his creature feature based on the 19th century novel. Blink and you'll miss it, unless you're…

Jan 21 • Caitlin Cowan

Is Quoting Poetry a Sign of Mental Health? The Beast in Me Raises the Question.

The grandmother of American poetry gets a nod on the Claire Danes-led limited series taking Netflix by storm.

Dec 22, 2025 • Caitlin Cowan

All That Glitters: I Wanted Matthew McConaughey's Poetry Collection to Surprise Me. It Didn't.

The actor's collection of poetry aims at profundity, but when you aim directly at it, it's kind of like staring at the sun.

Nov 24, 2025 • Caitlin Cowan

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and the Case of the Douchebag "Poet"

Justin Theroux is here to piss us off.

Oct 21, 2025 • Caitlin Cowan

Taylor Swift Is Not Your English Teacher

I tried to let it go, but alas.

Sep 18, 2025 • Caitlin Cowan

Hello Again from PopPoetry!

Aug 7, 2025 • Caitlin Cowan

What Poem Would You Read to a Zombie?

The Walking Dead's spinoff series, Daryl Dixon, has an answer.

Jan 28, 2025 • Caitlin Cowan

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Pop culture meets poetry: explainers, author interviews, book reviews, & exercises for the creative mind and writers of all kinds. Written by Caitlin Cowan.

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