It’s been described as embarrassing, clichéd or “unhelpful singsong.” Many poets dislike it too, but it’s a style they’ve learned from each other.

The result was Poems on the Underground, a project that turns 40 this year and has been copied in cities around the world.

Spurning the free verse of many of his contemporaries, he held to an older tradition. He also wrote spirited poems for ...

Virginia’s Lt. Gov-elect Ghazala Hashmi (D) holds a PhD in poetry and selected five poems for fellow Democrats that brought her comfort over the past year.

Caleb Cano is a student at RCTC taking a creative writing class. He was asked to write a poem based on his childhood.

In the author photo for “Time Will Tell,” his newly collected poems, David Middleton greets readers with a pen in his left ...

Poetry events kicked up after a slight respite for the holidays. I attended the Blue Whale Reading two weeks ago, featuring ...

X.J. Kennedy, a poet, author, translator and educator whose many awards include an Los Angeles Times Book Prize, has died at ...

A framed poster of a stamp depicting Langston Hughes, who wrote some of the best poems in American history. Poetry provides the perfect way to indulge in the escapism of reading without the commitment ...

Caroline Kennedy's latest book comes with an agenda: to encourage a return to poetic memorization and recitation that both families and schools once considered routine. In Poems to Learn by Heart, ...

Maya Angelou’s legacy goes beyond the body of work she shared with the world during her lifetime. Her legacy as one of the greatest writers of all time also embodies the ability she had to hold on to ...