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20 Thanksgiving poems to share at your dinner table this year
TODAY via Yahoo News· 8 months agoCelebrate Thanksgiving with one of these poems about home, family, food, blessings and other...
What was it like to dive into the poetry pool? My time as guest editor of Poetry Magazine
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCHICAGO -- What is a poet? This is a question that I have been asking most of my life, since...
Chicago as a poem: The birthplace of slam poetry finally gets a contemporary anthology of poetry
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSome days the hardest thing in the world is explaining Chicago to someone not from Chicago. Other days, particularly when you already live here, the hardest thing is seeing the city clearly, ...
He filled the 305 with poetry. Now, O, Miami’s executive director is stepping down
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 2 months agoOf all the many ways the literary nonprofit O, Miami has brought poetry to the city’s residents,...
The elemental poetry of an underground particle accelerator in South Dakota
Salon via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCASPAR particle accelerator Matt Kapust / Sanford Underground Research Facility 4,850 feet beneath...
20 Black poets to know this National Black Poetry Day
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEvery year, the mainstream literary gates seem to open just that much wider to allow for more...
'Woman Without Shame' Sandra Cisneros talks sexual desires and feeling 'empowered in my 60s'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLOS ANGELES – Draped in her signature shawl, Sandra Cisneros stood in front of an audience of about...
Who wrote ‘’Twas the Night Before Christmas’? Plus 5 other Christmas poems
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 6 months agoHistory of Twas the Night Before Christmas. Who wrote Twas the Night Before Christmas? What is the...
Why is a love poem full of sex in the Bible? Readers have been struggling with the Song of Songs for...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe famous biblical book alludes to God only once. Historically, though, most interpreters have...
Poetry festival to be held in Gainesville this week
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 2 months agoNational Poetry Month will be celebrated in Alachua County with a four-day poetry festival featuring local and national poets. ARTSPEAKSgnv will host the...