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 — ...

Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...

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

Over a career that’s now in its seventh decade, Frederick Seidel has published nearly 20 notable collections of poetry—work ...

Watch the celebrated actress recite Maria Woodford’s ‘elegy for a nissan micra’ which came out on top in this year’s time-themed contest ...

Connie started writing poems in first grade. Her first book of poetry, “I’m Going to Pet a Worm Today,” was published in 1991, when she was 60 years old. She is a former elementary grade ...

Turning your experiences into fiction is a creative and effective way to deal with heartache. Create characters, settings, and plots based on what you've experienced, but give yourself the freedom to ...

Through poetry, Ariv Gupta shows how being your true self is the key to connection. The third-year computer science student ...

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 ...