I was caught off-guard for a second, then I thought perhaps the best answer would be to simply share an example of how I got an idea and how I developed it into a poem. I picked one of my most ...

Washington, after all, drew inspiration from 18th-century Paris when French engineer Pierre Charles L’Enfant was commissioned ...

From Where I Sit is an ongoing series written by regular guest columnists who represent a range of Yakima Valley voices and ...

We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

In a world often fraught with struggle and uncertainty, Maria Shriver's reflections in her book I Am Maria offer a powerful invitation to explore our true selves. Shriver, a celebrated journalist and ...

Poetry written especially for children is perfect for those developing brains: because poems for children tend to be short, ...

For National Poetry Month, I’ve curated a playlist of seven songs that represent poetic devices like allusion, irony and rhyme. I call it “the wordplaylist.” Prepare to be taken back to middle school ...

In her new memoir, the daughter of Kennedys, broadcast journalist and former first lady of California uses poetry to explore ...

I am reminded about passages in Stephen Sondheim’s artistic memoir, Look, I Made a Hat, where the famous composer describes how his unique mind discovered felicitous rhymes. Other examples in ...

In Gilbert & Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance,” the pirate king interrupts the action by suddenly declaring “What, we ask, ...