Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date; Sometime too hot the eye of ...

A local preacher's bouts with anxiety in recent years set him on the search for an outlet that would allow the tortured soul to communicate his thoughts, life lessons and apprehensions without ...

Maya Angelou, considered one of the best poets in history, signs copies of "Maya Angelou: Letter to My Daughter" at Barnes & Noble in Union Square on October 30, 2008 in New York City. Poetry is a ...

Nearly a dozen middle and high school students got on stage today in hopes of their poetry performance getting themselves to ...

With so much to be savored in the literary genre right now –and perhaps you're recovering from Pride festivities– look inward with some inspiring poetry by LGBTQ writers. Like Atwood, Marge Piercy ...

Janet McCormick Harrington is not a professional poet. She has written down verses over the years and simply tucked them away. One day, her daughter gathered them and published them. The poems tell a ...

Many, perhaps most, of us have spent this past year struggling to find ways to mourn the losses, weather the stresses and revive the pleasures stolen by the Covid-19 pandemic. We’ve monitored Zoom ...

Lue Morgan (pictured on the far right) a senior at Woodland Public Schools' alternative TEAM High School, recently organized a poetry slam as a way for them and their classmates to have an opportunity ...

Despite what you’ve learned, sticks and stones must try hard to compete with words when it comes to the power to harm — or to heal. As a psychiatrist and researcher who has worked to alleviate ...

HOPEWELL, Va. -- A recent Hopewell High School graduate is being recognized for her talent in spoken-word poetry. Azhane Pollard gave a small sample of her poem "Generations" that won in the 2021 ...

“This crisis affects more or less everyone, and poetry can help us process difficult feelings like loss, sadness, anger, lack of hope.” By Jane E. Brody Many, perhaps most, of us have spent this past ...