Seattle Reads is the library’s citywide book group, with more than 20 programs planned in April and May, including events with U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón on May 16 and 17. Find a copy of “You Are ...

Although his approach departs somewhat from Rilke’s — the speaker in these poems may not always love the questions quite as ...

Literary publication introduces a dedicated freelance poetry editor and maintains a $100 minimum payment for all published ...

For readers who have felt isolated, disconnected, and alone, sometimes processing those feelings through poetic expression can unlock new pathways of self-discovery and empowerment. In a new poetry ...

These are poems that speak to everyone, that pun and riff and make fun of themselves a bit as they reveal something about the ...

Researchers are new to studying the implications of poetry for well-being and the brain. Still, it may surprise you “what a ...

Patricia Smith’s journey from a public scandal to becoming a poetry powerhouse proves that redemption can roar louder than ...

Themes of longing, loneliness and the power of love — romantic, familial and self-love — are constant throughout Maria ...

As an esteemed poet and a retired professor of philosophy at UW-Milwaukee, John Koethe kept those two worlds separate. “I ...

National poetry month was started in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, and encourages people to pay attention to and ...

Nursery rhymes teach children all manner of things using the language of poetry, writes Australian author and researcher ...