Poetry combined with hip-hop, classical and pop music has young poets competing for prizes from $100 to $1,000 at this year’s ...

Founded in 1996 by a pair of Black poets who felt isolated in predominantly white literary spaces, Cave Canem has become one ...

He’s a perceptive reader, and he has a knack for writing about poems in ways that lend shape and even excitement to the act of reading and thinking about them. He’s also comfortable ignoring some of ...

"Don't count your chickens before they hatch," "The early bird catches the worm" — these and other proverbs are poems ...

The Writer’s Block in the Spenard neighborhood of Anchorage often celebrates Second Saturdays with a poetry slam. Vered Mares ...

Libraries, schools and cultural organizations around Massachusetts and the country celebrate April as National Poetry Month. In honor of that occasion, please enjoy the official state ...

Poet Laureate of Alameda Kimi Sugioka shares two poems titled 'Alameda in the Time of the Great Turning' and 'Pelicans of Alameda.' The post The Post Celebrates Poetry Month with Kimi Sugioka appeared ...

Two professors in the Creative Writing Program turned to the seventh-century style of verse during the pandemic to tackle the ...

For National Poetry Month, we talk with Richard Blanco, whose “One Today” poem was read at Barack Obama’s second inauguration ...

Initially a distraction from caregiving stress, the book evolved into a deeply personal yet universal poetic reflection on ...

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

Richmond Poetry Fest is returning for its third year to the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, with readings, workshops, vendors and activities scheduled for Friday and Saturday.