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DEAR READERS: Wishing you and your families a very happy Easter and Passover. Spring is a time to get outdoors and play. It ...
“Spring still makes spring in the mind / When sixty years are told: / Love wakes anew this throbbing heart, / And we are ...
April is National Poetry Month. Poets share advice on how to make a meaningful connection with the art form. One tip? Think ...
Lanterns were lit across the state, readings of Longfellow's epic poem were held in Augusta and Portland, and bells were rung ...
On the first Friday of April, we head to the café for the latest installment of Cambridge Night Readings, a weekly series ...
Edith Bills’ Senior English classes at Paris High School recently wrapped up an exciting and transformative poetry unit that ...
The brainchild of former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, the National Favorite Poem Project was launched in 1997 to ...
Poet Laureate of Kansas, professor and 2025 Poet-in-Residence at the Guggenheim Museum Traci Brimhall will be the featured ...
When he went to college at Virginia Tech, he studied poetry under Nikki Giovanni. Poetry became part of his life. Poetry ...
Out of the 157,000 students that participated in Poetry Out Loud nationwide this school year, 55 are now advancing to the 2025 National Finals May 6-7 in Washington, DC, where one ...
The benefits of investing in culture building are clear—the methods less so. This list of simple, educator-tested strategies ...
But this week it is getting a school poem, “Dear CUNY.” It was written by the national youth poet laureate, Stephanie Pacheco, who attends Borough of Manhattan Community College, one of CUNY ...