Don’t overthink, don’t plan ahead, don’t stop. There’s no pressure – you’re not writing a poem yet, just writing, digging up the dirt you’ll sift for gold later. If the teacup you ...

with poems that need no explanation — and then if you look more deeply into them you might find some surprises and marvels as writing an “easy” poem usually is far from easy. Robert Frost ...

One way to think of poems is as the stories of a moment. All art, at its root, is a way of telling stories. Even paintings — ...

When you are writing anything (for example, a story or a poem) you need to group your words together into sentences. There are a few simple rules you need to follow to make sure your sentences are ...

Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a friend poem.

He started writing in college and discovered how much he enjoyed poetry in 2003. He especially loves the books he co-authors ...

When you are writing anything (for example, a story or a poem) you need to group your words together into sentences. There are a few simple rules you need to follow to make sure your sentences are ...

Then I turn to the poem on the next page and the story disappears. So, as we write poems, it’s important to remember that we’re really telling these stories of a moment. The question we should ...