To some, the thought of writing poetry can be intimidating. Over the next several weeks we’ll share tips from our past poets laureate and other well-known local poets to help ease the way. 2010 Daily ...

Three years ago, a young spoken word poet named Sarah Kay dazzled the TED Conference, earning two standing ovations. Her performance about writing poetry to entertain and educate has since received ...

In this lesson, high school students write ‘I am’ poems in their home language and then translate them into English, building ...

Poet Marion Lougheed with some invaluable tips for putting together and publishing a collection of your poetry. In the last few years, I crafted various versions of what eventually became Baggage ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Poetry is one of the most powerful art forms we have. Since ancient times, poems — from haikus to sonnets to limericks — have ...

Ever wondered what sparks a poet’s creativity? Find out about the journeys of some of our Words That Burn poets. In these short videos, you’ll hear personal reflections, creative challenges, and ...

Too often, students receive the message in their English classes that poetry exists to be analyzed. They learn terms, strategies and complicated acronyms to remember them—all in the service of solving ...

Poems rhyme some of the time; oftentimes they don’t. But what distinguishes a poem from other herds of words is how a poem combines rhythm and precision to make meaning and move us: capturing a moment ...