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WHYY’s Jennifer Lynn and Susan Phillips explore the beauty of nature through poetry, featuring iconic poets like Amanda Gorman, Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg.
The Poetry Machine is an old capsule machine, similar to those at convenience stores, where a quarter or two would release a ...
Poetry is a space to experiment with language — communications through this medium enables deeper emotional expression. This ...
Springfield poet Dottie Joslyn writes about using poetry to help unlock emotions people might have difficulty discussing otherwise.
April is National Poetry Month. Poets share advice on how to make a meaningful connection with the art form. One tip? Think ...
The Italian luxury label also commissioned a new poem from Yu, which was inspired by its tag line "When your own initials are ...
Established in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, National Poetry Month is an annual celebration held every April that ...
Chicago spoken word artist K Love The Poet discusses the spiritual foundations, hip hop influences, and roots that shape her ...
Consider exchanging poems with loved ones. Emily Dickinson was known, even, for sending poems to friends (and writing them on chocolate wrappers: my kind of friend). Do whatever takes the pressure off ...
Exploring a range of old and contemporary examples, this workshop invites anyone to explore the world of Haiku and develop some of their own. Using the traditional structure of three lines, with five ...
In all of the novel’s prose sections, Jogia’s writing is raw, replete with dry wit and sardonic humor that instantly captures the reader’s attention. There is true poetry in his story, in describing ...
Pacheco said she started writing poetry when she was “in middle schoolish.” Were the poems she wrote then any good? “I’ve grown a lot,” she said. “I think for an eighth grader ...