Whether you're a fan of e.e. cummings, Edgar Allan Poe or Emily Dickinson, Monday is your chance to celebrate. It's World Poetry Day, a United Nations-approved observance that honors "the unique ...

Barilla copied the lyrics of a song, circa 1841, into her journal as if it were a poem. According to Bridget Marshall, associate professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, “It ...

Nonsense poetry does not always make sense. Poets will use made-up words alongside real words, and talk about made-up things like imaginary creatures. It’s lots of fun to read and is usually very ...

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to join Kelvin Smith Library, the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women and Arianna Papai, a painting student at the Cleveland ...

Sound familiar? It seems like every popular children’s book that we check out at the library or purchase at a bookstore — especially those written for our youngest of readers — always contains ...

It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...

As National Poetry Month comes to an end, this does not mean that poetic activities in our community will cease. In 1996, April was designated by the American Academy of Poetry as National Poetry ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond Poetry Fest is returning for its third year to the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, with readings, workshops, vendors and activities scheduled for Friday and Saturday.