Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition?

Deciding to confess your love isn't easy. There's fear, uncertainty, or maybe a bit of embarrassment. But if you've made up your mind to tell that special someone how you feel, do it through a poem.

Sounds are all around us ... Tongue twisters are a type of short poem with sentences that are tricky to say. He gives the example: Jovial jumping Joe juggles jam and juniper berries.

A haiku is a very short poem that has some very specific rules ... Red, beige, brown cover the ground. Crush crunch sounds the air. Once you’ve written your haiku you could perform it for ...