Three years ago, a young spoken word poet named Sarah Kay dazzled the TED Conference, earning two standing ovations. Her performance about writing poetry to entertain and educate has since received ...

Poems rhyme some of the time; oftentimes they don’t. But what distinguishes a poem from other herds of words is how a poem combines rhythm and precision to make meaning and move us: capturing a moment ...

"It's difficult to write a successful love poem," said local poet Aaron Anstett, Pikes Peak poet laureate from 2008 to 2010. "It's a complicated, sometimes messy feeling, and so finding language that ...

Too often, students receive the message in their English classes that poetry exists to be analyzed. They learn terms, strategies and complicated acronyms to remember them—all in the service of solving ...

Marilyn McCabe presents a creative approach to writing poetry in her latest work, “Always With the Questions! One Poet’s Writing Manual” — the fourth book of the Word Works Writer’s Series — which ...

Rejoice, poetry lovers, because April is here which means it's officially National Poetry Month, and entire 30 days dedicated to stunning stanzas, visceral verses, and prophetic poets. As part of your ...