So it goes for local poet Ayal Hurst in her new collection Wild Life, which features photography by her husband, Hawk Hurst.

When Sissay was 12, he was given back to social services by his foster family who had taken him in as a baby. He knew from ...

To capture their experiences, Save the Children invited children from countries around the world to write short poems about COVID-19, life under lockdown, and how the pandemic has changed their lives.

The book is about, yes, Disneyland, which was a fun subject to play with in these poems as I was, ultimately, telling a larger story about growing older and living life after my parents have ...

The integration of these poems enriches the drama's narrative ... inner worlds and the cultural context of their experiences. This mirrors real-life instances where poetry provides profound ...

Shape poems are sometimes called concrete poems. They’re a bit like making art out of words. By thinking about your experiences and emotions, there is no end to the types of poems you can create.

Not every poem is meant to reveal meaning about some facet of life, but some events, people, experiences or places certainly ...

W. J. Lofton’s captivating and lyrical new poetry collection, boy maybe, encompasses his Southern upbringing as well as his experiences with being Black and queer. The Chicago-born, Alabama-raised ...

Hughes’s work is a reflection of his time, his people, and his unwavering commitment to highlighting the nuances of black ...