We recently wrote about some educators’ efforts to keep poetry alive in school amid the myriad instructional demands of the Common Core State Standards. These teachers might get some help this month ...

Poetry Month is often the time we remember to teach and read poems with kids and help our children write poetry. But you can read and write poetry with kids all year long–not just during Poetry Month!

Sometimes poems are short and rhythmic like a song. Sometimes they are long narratives with characters and plot lines like a story. So why do we read and write poems? For the writer, a poem is a way ...

As National Poetry Month comes to an end, this does not mean that poetic activities in our community will cease. In 1996, April was designated by the American Academy of Poetry as National Poetry ...

It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...

Whether you grew up reading Where the Sidewalk Ends or you spend your morning commute mulling over Maya Angelou, poetry has probably played some part in your life outside of high school English.

Talk softly and write books of poetry. That's what poet Darrell Bourque has been doing for quite some time. And just last week at the Louisiana Book Festival, the twice-appointed Louisiana Poet ...