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 ...

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

Ranking Shakespeare’s poems is not easy, and scholars and readers often ... If there was anything Shakespeare could do well, it was to write immortal literature, and this lesser-known poem ...

Students will compile data based upon field research Students will compose poetical works based upon historical ideas Students will write a poem, using a historical figure's perspective in order ...

Sometimes you’ll want to use a phrase or word that isn’t easy to rhyme ... Step 2 – Write the gateway line. The gateway line is the central idea in your poem – it tells the listeners ...

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 ...

Never has it been so easy to earn a living as a poet ... Auden, Archibald MacLeish, Basil Bunting, and others were writing some of their finest poems, which, encompassing history, politics ...

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 ...