You can write rhyming poems by using pairs or groups of words that use the same sounds. This is called a rhyme scheme. Watch the following clip to learn how rhyme schemes work and to see an example.

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

IT is often said that masnavi, also pronounced mathnavi, is derived from an Arabic word and it means, literally: doubled, two-fold, of a dualled number. But some scholars doubt the origin and say ...

Counting forms part of how we learn and play in youth, often reeled off in rhyming poems. We see this darkly subverted in Stevie Smith’s ‘Tenuous ... It may be the sequence of a few simple words that, ...

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As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and strongest outrage. But the real superpower of poetry lies in giving expression to our ...

Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of news you won’t find elsewhere. Once, when Ben Bernthal was selling street poetry — he ...

On Saturday, October 26, from 4-7pm, Compagnia de'Colombari’s Whitman on Walls! (WoW!) will come to Queens in collaboration ...

The other day, I glanced out of my window and saw a flock of Canadian geese walking south. I went outside and watched them ...

This is a celebration of local creativity and a unique way to make poetry a part of everyday life in Arlington! The main Moving Words Poetry Competition will be open for submissions during the ...

“My wife writes in the morning; I write at night. I prefer the peace and quiet of low light. But right now as I write this, I watch news of the world going to war. Peaceful weather is no more as ...