“I had been reading poetry, but the writing of it came later on,” says former Young People’s Poet Laureate Jacqueline Woodson. The National Book Award winner, for 2014’s “Brown Girl Dreaming” in the ...

A Cappella: Mennonite Voices in Poetry. Edited by Ann Hostetler. University of Iowa Press, 199 pp., $19.95 paperback. It is hard to imagine the publication of a collection of Lutheran, Presbyterian or ...

THERE is an idea popular with non-poets that every man is a poet in his youth, and in his youth only. After that, his poetic arteries harden and he gives up verses and devotes himself to prose. If the ...

You might wonder where poems come from. I’d like to write a poem, you think. But what should I write about? From poet Sharon Olds: “What you know that I don’t know is what you can tell me in a poem.

In this sound portrait, we meet poet Zachary Caballero. He describes poetry as the art of paying attention and talks about how poems can help us feel less alone, as well as why he loves to cook. He ...

People around the world are finding creative ways to stay connected during the pandemic, from Tik Tok dances to Zoom-based yoga classes. Now, thanks to Smith faculty, students and staff, we can add ...

Thirty poems by local residents have formed an interactive poetry trail across two towns. The OmniVerse Poetry Trail has been launched across Weymouth and Portland in Dorset as part of the Towns of ...

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March 21 is World Poetry Day, and we held a contest for poetry submission for our March Issue of Youth Voices. Here are poems written by two middle school students, both resettled in Dallas. The one ...

We decided that reading poetry in an air raid shelter could supply such a form. Today, after many iterations of this activity, we are certain that reading poems in air raid shelters combines art and ...

Scholars praise Chennanna Walikar's poetry for its powerful voice against social injustice and its impact on the oppressed.

A poem namechecking Weymouth's ice cream parlour Rossi's is located at the premises Thirty poems by local residents have formed an interactive poetry trail across two towns. The OmniVerse Poetry Trail ...