Historically, poets have had less to say about pandemics than you might imagine. Hardly any English-language poetry written ...

Hot Springs poet Samantha Youngs will be featured at Wednesday Night Poetry at Kollective Coffee + Tea, 110 Central Ave.

Ever heard the saying “the best writers are readers”? The first step to writing a poem is figuring out what you like about poetry. Is it imagery? Format? Rhyme? Start by sampling a few poets.

Eva Murciano writes, “When I tried to write poetry / After that terrible day / The words fell face down on the ground.” Yes, we’re all face down on the ground. Every Palestinian, every ...

These days, Alissa Quart’s attention has broken into strange shapes. But she has found a reprieve in one thing: poetry.

Youngs said she started to seriously write poetry in 2005, in high school, "because I had an inspiring teacher. He introduced me to the cinquain, and I fell in love with that poetic form. When I have ...

When her father died, the author of “Americanah” produced a slim work of nonfiction. When her mother died, she poured her ...

This essay is part a series by Father Stayer, a professor of English at Loyola University Chicago, reflecting on essential works of writing ... and later in a poem. I keep a complete copy of ...

Some schools allow students to focus on their area of interest, such as screenwriting, fiction or poetry. This may not always be in the form of an official concentration since creative writing is ...

Gene Kahane reflects on five years of posting poems on trees in Alameda, "I’m writing this to say farewell to the five trees — I hugged each one recently to say thanks — and to thank all of you in ...

Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather it is the deep breath of life.” — Santoka Taneda It’s National Haiku Month. National Haiku Month appears on a few calendars. February was ...