March 21 is World Poetry Day: "Poetry has been alive and kicking since its birth over 5,000 years ago," says the director of Berlin's House for Poetry. UNESCO adopted March 21 as "World Poetry Day " ...

Elizabeth Austen talks to local poet Laura Da', the author of "Tributaries", about how she uses poetry to tell the story of her ancestors. Her book is the recipient of the American Book Award. Former ...

William Shakespeare is the bestselling poet of all time. The word 'poetry' is from the Greek term poiesis, which means 'making'. The oldest written poem is the Epic of Gilgamesh originating from ...

COMPRESSION is one pole of Japanese poetry; the other is richness of imagery and language. Because the imagery is traditional, the poet need only suggest in brief strokes. Because the poems are short, ...

“Open Form in American Poetry: Essays” by Burton Hatlen; University of Maine Press, Orono, Maine, 2021; 309 pages, hardcover, $35. In cultures with deep traditions of respect for learning, such as in ...

The form of a poem is how we describe the overarching structure or pattern of the poem. Some forms of poetry must stick to very specific rules about length, rhythm and rhyme. Poets enjoy playing with ...

KUNC is inviting you to celebrate National Poetry Month with us! We’re asking the community to share their poetic skills with ...

Students say that the audience for rapping and slam poetry are less compared to other art forms “I didn’t plan on rapping, but took it up because I wanted to prove it to my brother that I could rap.