While listening to it, you can sense how deep of a place it comes from. It’s passionate and moving; it ignites action; and it showcases the true power of words. I’ve been drawn to spoken word poetry ...

“I never got poetry,” someone says to me again. And I sigh. Because I never got it either — at least, not until I learned to stop worrying about “getting it.” In fact, “get” — with its connotation of ...

Charles Gadbois shares a collection of spiritually inspired poems reflecting on faith, human experience, and the ...

When people ask me about the purpose of poetry, I am tempted to respond that the world needs as many as possible of pastimes that do no harm and that, after all, an evening spent reading poems is far ...

In this lesson, high school students write ‘I am’ poems in their home language and then translate them into English, building ...

WINTER HAVEN - Maya Angelou is an American brand with an identity as well established as those of Coca-Cola, Levi Strauss & Co. or Starbucks. But Angelou, a poet, dramatist and professor, is capable ...

Many students read and write poetry in high school, but Pikesville poet Kendra Kopelke wants young people to listen to poetry, as well. “Poems are kind of an odd encounter with words,” she said. “To ...

A former editor introduced me to the Poetry Foundation‘s Poem of the Day. His parents were poets—not amateurs who scribbled doggerel on birthday cards, but professionals who published books and taught ...

After a year of the pandemic, poet Tess Taylor highlights some poems reflecting on the changing meaning of "home" over the past few months. For many people, the last year has been one of illness, loss ...