David Groff, Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and educator, discusses the need for poets to embrace entrepreneurial ...
I had a column titled Poems by Heart. The column drew responses from many readers, which I will publish in due course. (Thank ...
Funny Poems for Christmas by Paul Cookson is a popular choice during the holidays, so order early! Santa Got Stuck in the ...
A former student of Nikki Giovanni's recalls the fateful day when the poet and activist convinced him he was an artist. Then ...
Poet Laureate Jason Magabo Perez envisioned Saturday’s Poetry Futures 2024 Coda at the UC San Diego Cross-Cultural Center as ...
Knoxville-native Nikki Giovanni died on Dec. 9, but her legacy lives on. From new tributes, a documentary and the work she ...
His personality in the classroom peers through in his writings. He shares some of them during the poetry event. Some are dark ...
“The Collected Poems of Delmore Schwartz” is a fascinating volume; a poet’s life in full.
Reading poetry is sometimes presented like homework, but it can be as easy to understand as a trip to Disneyland, Matt Mason ...
In south Minneapolis, there's a tree that doesn't ask for much — just a little kindness and the willingness to connect.
Dylan Thomas’s poetry was “in the ether” when Sheen was a child in Wales and he joked that rather than his mother, the very ...
One of the reasons writing poetry effectively reduces stress is its capacity to facilitate emotional release. Stress often ...