Time

Education: How to Dislike Poetry

It is a very unpleasant fact, says British Poet-Novelist Leonard A. G. Strong, that many children enter school with a natural liking for poetry and are taught to dislike it. Who is to blame? Why, the ...
The New York Times

Poem: How to Survive This

In the novelist Barbara Kingsolver’s timely forthcoming collection of poems, “How to Fly (In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons),” one section of potent how-tos help guide readers through awkward, complicated ...
NPR

Poetry Provides Comfort — Through The Pandemic And Beyond

Poetry can be a source of distraction, of beauty, of truth. It can guide us when it gets difficult to manage the intensity of what we're feeling. So it's no surprise that people sought out poetry for ...
NPR

To read poetry like a poet, don't worry about 'getting it'

This story was originally published on March 30, 2020, and has been updated. A great poem can be there for you — just like other works of art you hold dear. It can help you process sadness, anger or ...