Because I'm a bookish young woman with little facility for poetry, Elizabeth Bishop's "One Art" has long been my favorite poem. My appreciation may be something of a cliche, but Bishop's villanelle ...

If you have fond memories of reading Shel Silverstein’s funny, sad, touching and endlessly awesome poetry from his seminal 1974 collection Where the Sidewalk Ends, then you’re in good company: ...

Sitting in the audience before the show, improvising written poems based on prompts, Andrew Wade’s neurodivergent selfie play is interspersed with Seussian poems and the occasional song. A likeable ...

My experience with poetry slams is almost nonexistent, so someone tell me: Do most poetry slams feature awkward rap battles between goofy white guys named Lando Calrhymian and MC ChewRocka, meditation ...

The Awesome Book of Rap, Rhyme and Putrid Poetry is a book about raps and rhymes. There is plenty to read about snot, pus and slime. My favourite part of this book is called 'And that's a rap.' Here ...

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