“I never got poetry,” someone says to me again. And I sigh. Because I never got it either — at least, not until I learned to stop worrying about “getting it.” In fact, “get” — with its connotation of ...

WINTER HAVEN - Maya Angelou is an American brand with an identity as well established as those of Coca-Cola, Levi Strauss & Co. or Starbucks. But Angelou, a poet, dramatist and professor, is capable ...

Many students read and write poetry in high school, but Pikesville poet Kendra Kopelke wants young people to listen to poetry, as well. “Poems are kind of an odd encounter with words,” she said. “To ...

Poems will mix multiple languages in “The Latin Poet’s Guide to the Cosmos.” Susannah Rodríguez Drissi, a UCLA lecturer in Writing Programs, published her book in May. The book is a collection of 26 ...

A former editor introduced me to the Poetry Foundation‘s Poem of the Day. His parents were poets—not amateurs who scribbled doggerel on birthday cards, but professionals who published books and taught ...

While listening to it, you can sense how deep of a place it comes from. It’s passionate and moving; it ignites action; and it showcases the true power of words. I’ve been drawn to spoken word poetry ...

Omo Uwaifo comes at poetry with humility that is quite ennobling. An engineer by training, Uwaifo earned his initial literary marks as a writer of prose. Unlike the brash young poets of Nigeria who in ...