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Three new collections by mid-career poets lay claim to stories of identity, suffering and hope, to a kind of collective ...

Why do teenagers love roller coasters and horror films? Perhaps they have discovered for themselves what the poet Wordsworth proclaimed, that “poetry is powerful emotion recollected in tranquility.” ...

Most importantly is the idea that the requirement of effort is what makes us human. If we didn’t exert effort — i.e., try — ...

Meet the talented cast and crew behind 'Fear of Poetry (1983)' on Moviefone. Explore detailed bios, filmographies, and the creative team's insights. Dive into the heart of this movie through its stars ...

We can be overwhelmed by reports filed from conflict zones. While they give a comprehensive account of a situation on the ground, sometimes the language fails. Which is where poetry comes in. One ...

Circe Atkinson, of Mandan High School, is the 2024 Poetry Out Loud North Dakota state champion and will advance to nationals in Washington, D.C. in April.

This week’s guest on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Nancy Bo Flood, who lives in the Navajo Nation in Colorado. A writer for 25 years, her favorite subjects include folktales, history, and the Navajo ...

Teachers of poetry have always had many reasons to teach it. Poetry can enrich instruction in reading, writing, speaking and listening, capture students with its musicality, and spark their creative ...

Excepting his juvenilia and various fragments, Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844- 1889) wrote only about 50 poems, most of them "counter, original, spare, strange." As Paul Mariani tells us in his new ...