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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...
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...
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, ...
Best Poetry Lessons and Activities
Tech & Learning via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPoetry lessons. Since 1996, Americans have celebrated National Poetry Month throughout the month of April. Reading, writing, and reciting poetry is a...
He filled the 305 with poetry. Now, O, Miami’s executive director is stepping down
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 3 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...
'The Bards of Moon City' features 11 local writers, benefits Ozarks Literacy Council
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA new collaborative anthology highlighting "the good, the bad, the banal and the expectational of...
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...
'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...
20 Black poets to know this National Black Poetry Day
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoEvery year, the mainstream literary gates seem to open just that much wider to allow for more...