s a student attending Cornwall College in Montego Bay, St James, Ayetian often wrote poetry as a means of entertaining his ...

The Poetry Machine is an old capsule machine, similar to those at convenience stores, where a quarter or two would release a ...

Rize Simmons is on a winning streak. The Windsor High School senior and two-time state champion of the Poetry Out Loud ...

Amid National Poetry Month, Lindi Kirkbride honors her late husband, Alan Kirkbride, who passed in 2022, with the third annual poetry event “Come Spring, Again.” The event’s headliners will be John ...

Now in the second year of her term as poet laureate of Athens, Mikhayla Robinson Smith continues to raise the accessibility ...

From haibun to haiku, ghazals to concrete poems, our poets have been experimenting with form with a serious engagement.

In Japan, the simple act of walking has long been connected to working toward enlightenment.

Ada Limón was born and raised in California. She is Mexican-American and the first Latina poet laureate, which is a milestone ...

Winning Writers is pleased to announce the results from its 22nd annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest, judged by Michal 'MJ' Jones with assistance from Briana Grogan and Dare Williams. D.T.

The longstanding literary journal Quarter After Eight is run by a close-knit team of graduate students studying creative ...

“It looks like it will die,” Nishibori said of the cherry tree, “but it’s not going to die. The next spring, there will be ...

After being inspired by breakfast cereal, John Lennon wrote one song for The Beatles that he described as "garbage".