We asked ex-entrepreneur William Sieghart, who anthologized poems by writers from Rumi to JRR Tolkien in 'The Poetry Pharmacy ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Timothy Rasinski, who lives in Stow, Ohio. Tim was told he was a good writer during his master’s degree program. However, his writing is not poetry, but ...

Human speech is rich with rhythm. As a person speaks, certain syllables are naturally emphasized, whereas others blend into the background. In this way, regular conversation becomes poetic. Language ...

This week’s guest is Laura Robb, who lives in Winchester, Virginia. A longtime teacher and author, Laura’s first book was published in 1994. She is widely known for her educational books about reading ...

Homer wrote about the Trojan War; Alfred Lord Tennyson, the Crimean War; Walt Whitman, the Civil War; Wilfred Owen, World War I. Their poems are part of world history and culture. Poets should and ...

Poetry Month is often the time we remember to teach and read poems with kids and help our children write poetry. But you can read and write poetry with kids all year long–not just during Poetry Month!

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. That's the beauty of picking up a poetry collection: There's no pressure to read the book cover-to-cover. Readers can take it slow ...

It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...