Human speech is rich with rhythm. As a person speaks, certain syllables are naturally emphasized, whereas others blend into the background. In this way, regular conversation becomes poetic. Language ...

Robert Frost once said, “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” So it’s no surprise that educators who want their students to think, feel, and express ...

Mean Scoil Mhuire students Roísín Duke and Madeline Denniston have been recognised in the 2025 Poetry Aloud competition final ...

This week’s guest on “Poetry from Daily Life” is Marilyn Singer, who divides her time between Brooklyn, New York and Washington, Connecticut. Marilyn has been a writer for fifty years and enjoys many ...

What is it about life’s big and little moments that calls for a poem? At weddings. At funerals. On greeting cards. In church. On the radio. At moments of great happiness or deep sadness. At beginnings ...

What happens when poetry is not just read, but heard line by line, heart to heart, and interpreted in a room that listens? The boardroom at Sister Nivedita University turned into just such a space for ...

For a lighter take on the environment, clever poems about an array of animals abound in Animal Tracks: Wild Poems to Read Aloud by Charles Ghigna, illus. by John Speirs, a companion to Animal Trunk.

Former Quad City Poet Laureate Dale Haake will teach a free workshop on how to read your poetry out loud from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m.Thursday, March 31, at theMidwest Writing Center, in the Bucktown Center ...

Stylus, the literary magazine of Boston College, used this year’s Arts Fest to celebrate the launch of its spring 2018 issue. In a large room in Stokes Hall, the editorial board of Stylus provided all ...

(This is the final post in a three-part series. You can see Part One here and Part Two here.) Georgia Heard, Leah B. Michaels, Michael Silverstone, and Keisha Rembert shared their idea’s in Part Two.