But in the golden palace of the poets there is no period of probation, there is no enforced attendance upon petty things. The clear-eyed children go straight to the heart of the mystery, and recognize ...

Warner-based poet and anthologist Matt Forrest Esenwine released a new anthology of children’s poetry at the start of the month. The book, titled “A Universe of Rainbows: Multicolored Poems for a ...

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 ...

This week's Jefferson Award winner is a Berkeley woman who has promoted child literacy for four decades, as host of a community TV show encouraging young poets. Sally Baker reads part of a poem, "The ...

“No surprise for the writer, no surprise for the reader.” When Robert Frost wrote these words in 1939, they were part of a sophisticated essay on “The Figure a Poem Makes,” and I’m guessing he hadn’t ...

Beginning next month, librarians, teachers, and booksellers will have an opportunity to recognize one of their own for supporting Black-authored children’s poetry, in honor of a writer who specialized ...

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, ...

MY daughter is eight. When she was one, I began reading aloud to her the greatest imaginative poetry available. With as much expression as if I were reading to a grown person, I went over and over ...