Poetry Out Loud is a national recitation contest that celebrates the power of the spoken word and each year there is a competition locally, statewide, and nationally.

Diane DeCillis, who has written two books of poetry published by the Wayne State University Press, now has a poem that is stored on the moon.

This is an excerpt from a longer article, which is published online at Noel Quiñones ’15 is a Nuyorican poet, ...

Gwendolyn Brooks grew up in a South Side house full of books and was a poet from an early age, eventually becoming the first ...

At eight years old, Kai Diata wrote their first poem. Now, at 19, they are New York City’s Youth Poet Laureate.

Today, we help you pay attention to the sound and feel of this week’s poem. Play our game to see how much you’ve already ...

You can take a poem with you anywhere, but knowing its origins can help make it yours. Practice by playing our poetry emoji ...

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently declared autism a national “ epidemic ,” calling ...

From the late Michael Rothenberg with his 100 Thousand Poets for Change, to more recently, Katee Tully’s always-crowded Word ...

At 84, the former US Poet Laureate isn’t quite sure how he feels about his decision to retire. But he’s thankful for the ...

On April 30, the actress helped unveil the cover of What the Deep Water Knows, Heller’s debut poetry collection, which releases July 1, 2025. “Closing out Poetry Month by diving into the moving debut ...

At the northern end of the Black Sea, Crimea sits at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, having been at various times in its ...