Joe Coelho looks at how poetry can be performed, bringing the words to life rather than keeping them on the printed page, in ...

When Cyprus Mail published “A poem for Cyprus” in honor of Independence Day, it underscored something many on the island instinctively understand: poetry is not confined to classrooms or literary ...

Many years ago I heard some marvelous advice from the co-director of the UCLA Writing Project, Jane Hancock, about choosing the right words. She was speaking of prose, but I think it’s extra-good ...

At school, I would always dread the poetry modules in English, trying to decipher meaning from stale texts and reading out my pained interpretation to a class half-asleep. It was only when I found ...

What is it about life’s big and little moments that calls for a poem? At weddings. At funerals. On greeting cards. In church. On the radio. At moments of great happiness or deep sadness. At beginnings ...

At farmers’ markets on Oahu, a poem can become more than words on paper. It can become a keepsake, a love note or a way to ...

What do you get if you add poems that are "Shel Silverstein meets Rumi for kids" with pictures of yetis and primordial slime? Words with Wings and... In 'Words with Wings and Magic Things,' poetry is ...

John Contreras is one of Milwaukee's hardest-working typewriter poets. He will be at the OnMilwaukee Spelling Bee and ready ...