When you fall in love, you sort of losing all rationality. So, you have to really think when it comes to writing poetry. Whether you're in a relationship or you're hoping to be in one with someone in ...

At the heart of Mahogany Browne’s poem “Working Title” is a question: how does a poet begin to address the killing of Michael Brown? Browne, who began working as a full-time writer in 2006, began the ...

November 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of one of the most famous and influential poems of the 20th century. It is titled “The Second Coming.” It was written in 1919 by the Irish ...

For the latest "Morning Edition" community poem, Rachel Martin and poet Kwame Alexander ask listeners for poetry submissions. This round, the call-out is for poems in letter, or epistolary, form.

The competition will kick off with a free introductory climate poetry workshop led by poet Professor Sam Illingworth of ...

Poetry has mostly been a solitary experience, so it was a real treat for me to join in with the young children.

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 ...