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

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 ...

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

I love introducing kids to ordinary people who did amazing things by reading picture book biographies for kids. Don't you?

Students could brainstorm ways in which a poem could be made funny, and when and why you would want to make a poem humorous. Students could have a ‘funny poem’ competition and try to write ...

Poe’s writing career began in the early 1820s with the release of “Tamerlane and Other Poems,” a collection of poems that included the well-thought-out 403-line poem “Tamerlane,” which ...

October: Monster by Dzifa Benson “One language is never enough”, Dzifa Benson writes in the first section of Monster, her ...

The UVa lecturer will read from "Love & Sambal" at 7 p.m. Friday at New Dominion Bookshop in downtown Charlottesville.

Or assonance where the middle of the word sounds the same: boy, joy ... can be used to make funny tongue twisters. Tongue twisters are a type of short poem with sentences that are tricky to ...

Randy Rainbow talks about his latest humor collection and his favorite books. Yes, it’s the Rainbow Reading Room! You ...

It is October. Everything is overturning,” writes Hannah Bonner in her debut book of poetry, Another Woman. “I pack a ...

Norfolk’s Tim Seibles receives a lifetime achievement award from the Furious Flower Poetry Center, joining other top ...