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.

Vendler cast her searching eye on individual poems by great poets in the final work of her life, Inhabit the Poem: Last ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In his memoir, "Story of a Poem" (Unnamed Press), the celebrated writer Michael Zapruder (author of "Father's Day" and ...

Debbie Pullinger receives funding the Leverhulme Trust. David Whitley receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust and the Arts & Humanities Research Council. He has also received funding from the ...

In every story, a seed is sown, For the future, where dreams are grown, Through words, I plant a garden bright, With hopes and wisdom, taking flight. Young minds absorb the tales I tell, Of kindness, ...

For those who follow poetry challenges on Morning Edition, our new one involves a vocabulary lesson: ekphrastic. Ekphrastic poems respond to a piece of art. According to the Poetry Foundation: Through ...

The spoken word event featured poet Sarah Kay and performances from Stanford’s Spoken Word Collective, which disentangled ...