It’s true that writing poetry can be a career (it is for me, but it’s not just that, ... Poetry from Daily Life: You can meet ...

Poetry from Daily Life: You can meet 100 people and only like a few. ... And by poetry, I mean both the poetry you read and the poetry that lives in all of us if only we’re willing to listen.

If you're new to slam poetry, the amazing experience the performers bestow upon you, along with the sincerely amiable crowd, will make you a friend by the end of the night. Trust me, you can never ...

As poetry critic Helen Vendler writes, “A poem will tell you what questions to ask of it.” The poem you choose should guide your questions. But you can also prepare with the common-core skills ...

“Poetry saved me in second and third grades,” she said. “I still read poems and have a collection of my favorite poets on my bookshelf: Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Mary Oliver, Langston ...

This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Ellen Hopkins, who lives in Cape Girardeau. She has been a writer for more than thirty years and particularly likes to write contemporary verse novels.

Poems and poetry are, for me, a deep a form of knowing, just like science. Yes, obviously, they are different. But each, in its way, is a way to understand the world.

With this, you can arrange it into a poem, or add stuff on the fly, or add music.” Anderson says the multimedia aspect of his performance, both seeing and hearing the words on the screen, allows the ...

It's OK if you find some poetry boring or uninspiring, poet Laura Haskins writes, but keep looking for what you'll like. Poetry from Daily Life: You can meet 100 people and only like a few. Poets ...