The spoken word event featured poet Sarah Kay and performances from Stanford’s Spoken Word Collective, which disentangled ...

Her Pulitzer Prize-winning work "Life on Mars" explored life by going to the stars and back. Now Tracy K. Smith, the new US poet laureate, says she wants to bring poetry down to Earth for an audience ...

A poet respects his audience. Writing poetry for young people is not for everyone. In addition to learning how to apply the traditional tools of the poet’s trade, one must understand the audience, and ...

Last month, we asked NPR readers what poetry means to them. We received nearly 500 responses, from lifelong poetry fans to those who have only recently come to enjoy the genre. From sparking the ...

MEISHAN, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 6 March 2024 - In March 2024, an unprecedented visual feast will take place inside the Kennedy Center in DC and David H. Koch Theater in New York City's ...

Was something missing from the Eugene Poetry Slam, Round 5, at Foolscap Books, or am I just a picky Mickey who will never be satisfied with anything? Maybe all the hooligans were distracted by the ...

Hi everyone. I’m David L. Harrison, your host on the weekly column, Poetry from Daily Life. Today it is my pleasure to write the column. I’m known as a children’s poet and author, so that’s what I’ll ...