The Holocaust poets who can help us to understand genocides past and present
It is only by listening to these individual voices that we can really begin to understand what the many millions of Holocaust ...
Poetry from Daily Life: Reading and writing about pain and loss in small, manageable doses
Writer Ken Slesarik turned to poetry, both reading it and writing it, after the death of his son. He explains how poetry has ...
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The Working-Class Poetry of Tove Ditlevsen
In a newly translated collection, There Lives a Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die, Ditlevsen's social realism portrays all ...
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How to Write Haiku Poems to Perform Best in Poetry Competition
No one wants to be last in any competition. Right? Only about 20% of people are concerned about being the winner or loser.
Deep Water: ‘Winter Stream’ by Gregg Palmer
Megan Grumbling is a poet and writer who lives in Portland. DEEP WATER: Maine Poems is produced in collaboration with the ...
Poetry from Daily Life: Be curious, explore, expand your circle and share what you see
Walter Bargen, Missouri's first poet laureate, offers advice for people willing to embrace the world and be surprised.
Madison’s youth poet laureate learns to embrace, thrive in poetry
Justin Festge Russell’s first foray into poetry was less a calling and more of an assignment, but his interest in the craft ...
Writers sought to help fill Latrobe with poems for National Poetry Month
Bobbie Hineline of Latrobe was strolling through the village of Saranac Lake in upstate New York, when she realized every ...
Learning about Taylor Swift? Massachusetts college offers course comparing pop stars to poets
A new English course at the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts takes a look at Taylor Swift's lyrics and compares ...