Luz Rossy never thought her poetry would really go anywhere. Now it's plastered on a billboard at a busy downtown street corner for all of Miami to see. Rossy is one of scores of South Floridians who ...

Spoken word poet, author and songwriter Jerrica “Jae” Franklin has a rule for writing poetry. She uses a pen because ink is permanent. And just like life, what has been written can be rewritten, but ...

Jason Kuhl, the library system's chief executive director, introduced Waugh to library patrons in the November 2025 issue of ...

For the latest "Morning Edition" community poem, Rachel Martin and poet Kwame Alexander ask listeners for poetry submissions. This round, the call-out is for poems in letter, or epistolary, form.

"Sitting with creative emptiness means accepting with self-compassion the times when you want to write and you can't," writes Alexandria Peary. "It means recognizing that every typed word sits between ...

Godmothers Grow: The Sacred Circle with Diana Raab, Ph.D., a space to gather, reflect, and connect with kindred spirits ...

Will Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album “The Tortured Poets Department” usher in a new era of poetry appreciation? Delaney Atkins, a part-time instructor at Austin Peay State University who teaches a ...

Elinor Nauen is Manhattan’s unofficial poet laureate of cars and baseball. Her newest book, “So Late Into the Night,” is a rollicking road trip on the model of Byron’s “Don Juan,” with over 600 ...

Writing does not take us away from the difficult and the painful. If we write with courage and with integrity, it can take us ...

A form called the Golden Shovel honors the poet Gwendolyn Brooks, and you just need a newspaper to get started. By Leah Umansky Celebration and honor are two touchstones of the poetic tradition. With ...

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently declared autism a national “epidemic,” calling it a “preventable disease” that is growing at an “alarming rate.” He went on ...