There are endless amounts of silly, whimsical and funny poems sure ... s Read Up newsletter for more poetry, humor, cleaning, ...

Writer Alan Katz didn't think poetry was for him. Then he wrote a book or two and learned that poetry is for everyone.

A sonnet is a specific type of poem, typically consisting of 14 lines written in iambic pentameter, with a particular rhyme scheme that Shakespeare mastered like no other. The main difference ...

“Roses are red / Violets are blue / Try it and show / they’re important to you.” ...

Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...

Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include a debut by Dzifa Benson and an extraordinary posthumous collection from Gboyega ...

Not long after, while writing funny songs for ... Now, I tend to write funny rhyming poems. But as I tell kids at school visits, not all poems rhyme and not all poems are funny.

Editor’s Note: Tess Taylor is the author of five collections of poetry, including “Work ... imagining those fragile wings on ...

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