“The ocean has lost her baby teeth. They’re shells upon the shore. And every day she grows new teeth. Each night she loses more.

Billie Nardozzi writes poems every week for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. It's for love, not money: He pays for the privilege of getting them into print. Photo: James R. Hagerty/The Wall Street Journal ...

A new anthology highlights the charms and drawbacks of very brief verse. By Elisa Gabbert I remember where I was when I first read two short poems. One, Margaret Atwood’s “You Fit Into Me” (“you fit ...