These ten poems encapsulate Nikki Giovanni’s wisdom, wit, and unyielding spirit. Each piece offers a unique perspective on ...

So grab a handful of candy corn, pour yourself a ice cold glass of apple cider, and get ready to enjoy these five Halloween ...

Michael Longley is a master of his craft, known for his compact, meditative lyrics that explore themes of love, violence, ...

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Sappho (the poetess) and Alcaeus. What are the top poems inspired by ancient Greece? Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Walters Museum Poetry stands as one of humanity’s oldest art ...

Andrew Cunningham, 29, spotted a tip online which suggested supermarkets send free gifts if customers send them a poem. He decided to test it out and wrote brand-specific short poems for 50 of his ...

Speaker, writer and former Nebraska State Poet Twyla M. Hansen will present a program “Playing Around with Words: Writing ...

Lyric poetry refers to a short poem, often with songlike qualities, that expresses the speaker’s personal emotions and feelings. Historically intended to be sung and accompany musical instrumentation, ...

The theme this year is ‘counting’, and the poems gathered here explore this subject in a number of ways. Counting forms part of how we learn and play in youth, often reeled off in rhyming poems. We ...

Andrew Cunningham, 29, spotted a tip online which suggested supermarkets send free gifts if customers send them a poem. He ...

Open to students of all ages, the competition invited submissions of short poems, 10 lines or fewer. Juror Simon Shieh handpicked the winners, whose poems will brighten the daily commutes with ...