What role can poetry play in emotional healing? HelloNation answers that question in an article featuring insights from ...

In just 20 words — counting the title, which is central to the poem’s meaning — Pound finds an echo of serene natural beauty ...

For too long, climate communication has relied on the belief that if we stick with the science and communicate the evidence, ...

There was a time, not too long ago, when many people could only name one, maybe two, poets – often a long-dead White man named William Shakespeare, Robert Frost or Walt Whitman. Meanwhile, the Lincoln ...

It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...

The poet Diane Seuss and I began a recent conversation by talking about the burdens of companionship—or, at least, how those burdens are manifested through affection for a pet. Seuss lost her dog Bear ...

Open Water was the first Canadian example of free verse in the domestic canon, and the phrase used by Canadian critics at the ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) — A local open mic is giving Augusta poets and artists a place to share their work, connect with others ...

“I hope Santa Barbara shows up and offers a warm welcome to Serena Chopra,” Mody said. “Conversations can create openings to ...

Culturally, poetry is used in varied ways. Haikus, for example, juxtapose images of the everyday, while lyric poetry expresses the personal and emotional. Similarly, poets themselves come in a range ...

One of the best pieces of breakup advice my friend Genna gave me during a tumultuous end to a long-term relationship was to write poetry. I wrote more than two dozen poems in the following weeks.