Why do we turn to poetry? Ask a hundred people and you'll get a hundred answers. Still, the underlying thread of truth is ...

On the first Friday of April, we head to the café for the latest installment of Cambridge Night Readings, a weekly series ...

Researchers are new to studying the implications of poetry for well-being and the brain. Still, it may surprise you “what a ...

Sacramento recognized its poet laureate ahead of the release of his new poetry book, “Unlocked: The Laureate Years.” ...

Flex your creative muscles (and your classic literature skills) at the Wood County District Public Library on at 6:30 p.m. in ...

Anthology honours such characters of note as the chess sensation from Katwe, Phiona ...

A fifth-grade student named Loudricka at Morningside K-8 Academy wrote this poem for O, Miami and National Poetry Month.

"Don't count your chickens before they hatch," "The early bird catches the worm" — these and other proverbs are poems ...

Stephanie Pacheco, a student at Borough of Manhattan Community College, wrote “Dear CUNY” to celebrate the value New York’s ...

An interplay of the sorrowfully chanted ‘ẹyẹ igbo’ song, taken off a Yoruba folklore, and Lasisi’s critical poem establishes the endless painful anticipation the victims’ parents and many other ...

Celebrate National Poetry Month in the Hudson Valley with these workshops, talks, readings, open mics and a hotline.

The Whippoorwill Academy had a strong showing Saturday as the Tom Dooley Museum was filled during the eighth annual James Larkin Pearson Poetry Competition. Due to the cold weather, folks crowded into ...