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Today, we help you pay attention to the sound and feel of this week’s poem. Play our game to see how much you’ve already ...
Starting today, we’ll have a week of games, videos and essays to help you along the way. First up: readings by Ina Garten, ...
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 ...
Out of 157,000 students who participated in Poetry Out Loud this school year, Wichita East High senior Ismail Saeed is one of ...
Greek poet Konstantinos Kavafis brought an international aura to modern Greek poetry, by being a master at saying a lot with ...
Why do we turn to poetry? Ask a hundred people and you'll get a hundred answers. Still, the underlying thread of truth is ...
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - The 2025 Great Lakes Poetry Festival continues in Marquette this week. On Tuesday night, former poet laureate Kimberly Blaeser read several poems from her published books.
Poetry is a space to experiment with language — communications through this medium enables deeper emotional expression. This ...
Uganda’s innocence was burnt to the ground/When fire raged through a dormitory/Like a storm without a conscience…,” goes the ...
Aleena, an acclaimed young poet from Kerala, read her poems in English and Malayalam at Atta Galata in Bengaluru. The event, ...
An admired and longtime poet whose subjects range from school integration to the memories of Holocaust survivors has won a $100,000 prize given for “exceptional talent.” Poets & ...