The greatest casualty of our education system? Poetry. Either you’re from an older generation and you know a few lines by ...

I can just picture the nation’s poets parsing over the words, the rhythm, the meaning, and the assonance and consonance of Elizabeth Alexander’s inaugural poem: “Praise Song for the Day.” These are ...

Kate Baer tries her best not to give people advice. But the bestselling poet and author of the new collection “How About Now” ...

When was the last time you picked up a pen and composed a letter to a friend or a family member? NPR's poet in residence Kwame Alexander reminds us that letter writing delivers something more to the ...

I saw a poem you had written online, and I was wondering if you could place it in your column for everyone to read. I know it ...

I’ve written about chants and mantras before, but I’ve left out an equally prevalent interior monologue that occupies my runs: poems. Whether it’s the message board outside a church or school, a ...

Kathleen Rooney taped a small sign to the long table at the center of the Grainger Ballroom, at the top of the opulent swoop of stairs on the second floor of Symphony Center. She took her seat beneath ...

When you look at me what is it that you see? Is it the thoughts of my past, the future you would prefer to have, or could it possibly be the present I am honoring. My skin, my face, and my demeanor is ...

Poetry isn't always the most straightforward style of writing. Anyone who ever studied poetry in a high school English class can probably remember at least one moment of staring blankly at the page ...