I was at a conference today where a speaker suggested putting your LinkedIn bio in an AI app and asking it to write you a ...
The poem was commissioned by Yorkshire Cancer Research to mark its centenary year.
William Blake’s “The Clod & the Pebble” is a dialogue on tenderness and cruelty in three short stanzas. Read it with our ...
On Burns Night this Sunday – and 235 years after Tam O'Shanter was published in 1791 – Scots everywhere may well be treated to a masterwork with a unique, universal appeal.
Love, Life and Mother Nature: Picture Book of Poems” (ISBN: 978-1834182124 released September, 2025 by Tellwell Publishing) ...
This week’s guest on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Matt Mason, who lives in Omaha, Nebraska. Matt, who was the Nebraska State Poet from 2019-2024, started writing in high school and not long after ...
Poetry events kicked up after a slight respite for the holidays. I attended the Blue Whale Reading two weeks ago, featuring ...
The story never reveals the nasty rumor about P., and this is just one of several bits of withheld information in the story. Disclosure, or its lack, both shapes the story and is the subject of this ...
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 ...
When was the last time you picked up a pen and composed a letter to a friend or a family member? NPR's poet in residence Kwame Alexander reminds us that letter writing delivers something more to the ...
A cento is a poem written using borrowed lines, like ones from this publication. Don’t forget to give credit. By Leah Umansky Imitation is the best kind of flattery. All creative people, whether they ...