Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. poems to read on a break The greatest casualty of our education system? Poetry. Either you’re from an older generation and you ...

Last month, we asked NPR readers what poetry means to them. We received nearly 500 responses, from lifelong poetry fans to those who have only recently come to enjoy the genre. From sparking the ...

Over the river, and through the wood, To grandfather’s house we go; The horse knows the way To carry the sleigh Through the white and drifted snow. Over the river, and through the wood— Oh, how the ...

30 Poems in November! is a literary fundraiser in support of literacy programs at Center for New Americans in Northampton. Writers commit to write one poem a day for the 30 days of November. Some ...

Source: The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum / Public Domain Let’s start with an image. You are in a restaurant, at a bar, or driving to a beach with some friends. Someone says something funny, and everyone ...