Katie Kemple fell in love with poetry as a child, when her father first read to her T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of ...

It is said that poets see the world differently, sometimes it is by describing or telling the story in a simplistic manner whether it is a haiku, a sonnet or free verse. I find poetry is everywhere in ...

In celebration of National Poetry Month, we spoke with four Black poets about their connection to poetry and how they hope their latest books in verse will inspire readers. My grandfather was a poet, ...

A form called the Golden Shovel honors the poet Gwendolyn Brooks, and you just need a newspaper to get started. By Leah Umansky Celebration and honor are two touchstones of the poetic tradition. With ...

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Sam Illingworth is a senior lecturer in science communication at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. You can find out more about Sam’s work by visiting his ...

My poems are not my own. They have their own soul; they are sentient. I have to let them write themselves. A few months ago, I was in Los Angeles for a weekend attending the L.A. Times Festival of ...

Poetry can be a form of self-care. Poets such as Fariha Róisín, Yrsa Daley-Ward, and even Lana Del Rey have all touched on the healing power of the art form. Over the course of the pandemic, actress ...

Poetry is maybe the most human of all human endeavors. One would think this is one of the very few fields that artificial intelligence could not take over. But according to a recent study, this is not ...