Whether you're a fan of e.e. cummings, Edgar Allan Poe or Emily Dickinson, Monday is your chance to celebrate. It's World Poetry Day, a United Nations-approved observance that honors "the unique ...

Barilla copied the lyrics of a song, circa 1841, into her journal as if it were a poem. According to Bridget Marshall, associate professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, “It ...

Nonsense poetry does not always make sense. Poets will use made-up words alongside real words, and talk about made-up things like imaginary creatures. It’s lots of fun to read and is usually very ...

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to join Kelvin Smith Library, the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women and Arianna Papai, a painting student at the Cleveland ...

Sometimes poems are short and rhythmic like a song. Sometimes they are long narratives with characters and plot lines like a story. So why do we read and write poems? For the writer, a poem is a way ...

It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — 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.

The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation (Dodge Foundation) and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) will present the 20th Annual Dodge Poetry Festivaltaking place from Thursday, October 17– ...