Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...

Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...

By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

Like we are surrounded by darkness, and no one understands our pain. To the ones that can’t find their voice, and who feel like they are drowning in their emotions, this collection of poems is for you ...

Feeling like the odd one out is something Lakewood High School junior Mel Diemert has dealt with her entire life.

Poets Matt Starr, Aria Aber, and Alex Dimitrov share their tips for writing a love letter (or DM) to your crush, including ...

On Valentine’s Day, four classical dancers — Navia Natarajan, N. Srikanth, Divya Devaguptapu and Amrita Lahiri write about ...

It’s okay to feel overwhelmed by everything going on; I feel overwhelmed, too, and it’s my job to stay on top of things. Even ...

One way to think of poems is as the stories of a moment. All art, at its root, is a way of telling stories. Even paintings — the Mona Lisa is the story of a woman’s smile; the ceiling of the Sistine ...

On December 18 last year, Slam Poetry was launched in Gulu City. It was the first slam poetry for secondary school children ...

I heard what she said but didn’t quite get it. Her observation didn’t sink in, and wouldn’t sink in until years later.” ...

Always have a person in your life with whom you can share all your secrets' For me, you were that person, dadi ...