Too often, when people think of poetry they think, 'Oh great, another love poem.' Or another nature poem, or another poem rife with socio-political commentary. Well, I'm here to tell you there are ...

Abena Busia, a professor at Rutgers University, will speak about poetry and African feminism Thursday at Lehigh University as part of the celebration of Black History Month. Busia will present “Poetry ...

PARADISE —Open mic poetry readings, yard and garden care solutions and a writing workshop are among the activities offered in April at Paradise library. In celebration of poetry month, the library ...

Those who want to write something but are struggling with how to get started often ask, “How do I find ideas?” My response is to redirect the focus. Ideas are everywhere. The trick isn’t in finding ...

While it may be April Fools’ Day, today also marks the start of National Poetry Month. (No fooling.) So we’ve been asking educators on Twitter to share the classroom activities and resources they use ...

Lyra and Volkan are pupils with different views on writing poetry. Lyra finds poetry comes easily to her, while Volkan finds it difficult to know what to write. With the help of poet Kate Wakeling, ...

Poems rhyme some of the time; oftentimes they don’t. But what distinguishes a poem from other herds of words is how a poem combines rhythm and precision to make meaning and move us: capturing a moment ...

Robert Frost once said, “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” So it’s no surprise that educators who want their students to think, feel, and express ...