Here's how to help the poemless: go to the poetry shelves in the children’s section of your local library. Grab a book by David Harrison, or Marilyn Singer, or Charles Waters, or Eric Ode, or one of ...

On Sunday, the festival will present eight poets: Jack Crimmins, Lisa Shulman, Dave Holt, Melissa Eleftherion, readings from ...

Mary Margaret Hughes, who got her start in classrooms and on stages in Springfield, writes about how creativity and ...

The submission themes: belonging, serenity, metamorphosis and even life in the city are all uniquely human experiences.

M any of us probably have memories of writing short, clever haikus in school, trying to craft the best verse possible within the confines of the five syllable, seven syllable, five syllable structure.

Many of us probably have memories of writing short, clever haikus in school, trying to craft the best verse possible within the confines of the five syllable, seven syllable, five syllable structure.

Recently, our school librarian invited me to participate in a national student poetry writing competition that could lead to publication in the Young American Poetry Digest. The competition has a ...

I even used Haiku, with a substantial measure of courage, as a gift when Japanese educators from Gifu Japan visited Ludlow Public Schools on November 11, 1993. My English version of Haiku uses ...

In the elementary school category, Sunny Mallams, a 4th grader who lives in Honolulu, won with her haiku, “Mahalo Pele:” Lava shining bright Giving birth to Hawaii Mahalo Pele ...

Two social work researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa are set to begin a pioneering study exploring an innovative blend of mindful meditation practices. Focusing on reflection with ...

TOKYO — Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other traditions, has died. He was 92. Tanikawa, who translated the ...