As National Poetry Month comes to a close, we’re closing up our poetry inbox. All month, we’ve invited people to send us their own original poems, responding to a prompt each week. We’ve heard from ...

Morning Edition resident poet Kwame Alexander wants to read your poems that respond to art. He's selected two paintings from which to draw... Poetry Challenge: Paint A Picture With Words For those who ...

Earlier in April, we invited people to write and share their own original poems. It’s something we do annually for National Poetry Month, but we also wanted to acknowledge that we’re all in a very ...

That noted philosopher, Robin Williams, once suggested that college can destroy almost anyone’s love of poetry. “Hours of boring analysis, dissection and criticism will see to that,” he said, and ...

Over 126 million Americans are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. After a long year, it feels like we can all take a breath. Throughout the pandemic, we've learned a lot. No one is coming out of ...

What: National Poetry Month brings Pattiann Rogers to Loveland: The Poetry of Earth is Ceasing Never/Wild Has Its Skills. When: April 5-6. Where: Loveland Public Library, Gertrude Scott Room, 300 N.

PORTSMOUTH — The sounds of soft guitar strums ring out as guests walk up to the white tent on the Portsmouth Public Library lawn, the lyrics of the song adding a weight to the already heavy and humid ...

Our poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander is a big fan of the power nap. Research shows how restorative naps can be. Has it been that way for you? Tell us in the form of a poem. For inspiration, Alexander ...

Sometimes when you wake up in the morning, before you’ve ascended from sleep to a rational comprehension of the world, the oddest words and images appear. It was in such a moment the other day — I’ve ...