Words need to "audition" for the chance to be in a sentence, poet Kate Coombs writes. In a poem, they need to be perfect for ...

I've been writing poetry since I was 7, and these are my top 5 poetry books that have gotten me through hard times ...

Atkins also recommends looking for a poem about a subject you're passionate about. “I promise you, there’s a poem for everyone,” she says. Next, decide what you want to write about.

Do poems have to rhyme? While many of Swift's songs rhyme, it’s not required in poetry. “There are no rules and that’s a good thing, it’s a freeing thing,” Atkins says.

Poetry isn't as scary as you think. These 14 collections of poems tackle everything from grief and race to family and love.

I think of this while reading the 250 poetry submissions we receive at Rattle every day, because the cover letters are so often more interesting to read than the poems themselves.

Asked to write a sonnet about socks, it will produce a poem with the opening line “Oh socks, my trusty companions on my feet.” Such goofy attempts could be said to emulate praise poetry, that ...

show me. (From "Put This on, Please: New and Selected Poems") William Trowbridge’s tenth poetry collection, "Father and Son," was published by Wayne State College Press Press in April.

City Hall asked top staffers to write poems about their agency for the little-known national “Poem in your Pocket” day — perfecting the art of time-wasting, sources said Wednesday.

High School Journalism Institute Student connects with others through her poems, writing about the ‘unnoticeable things’ Updated: Jul. 28, 2024, 5:45 a.m. | Published: Jul. 28, 2024, 5:30 a.m.

Like I said, it is Poetry Month this month, and you were kind enough to write an original poem for us at NPR. Let's take a listen to it, and then we'll talk a little bit about it.

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.