The best-written poems capture emotions, experiences, or images using a lyrical language. But what exactly is a poem, how is it different from prose, and how should we approach it ...

Deep South, a small publisher with big influence, has expanded its website with easy-to-access information about its poets ...

Heather Lende, Alaska's previous Writer Laureate, shares a poem read on a cold, dark night during a dinner with friends.

As part of Reads, Door Shakespeare will present a staged reading of Goodview Poetry by Kaeden Dirksen on Feb. 10, 7:30 pm at ...

Ready to give new voices a chance to fill the role she’s held for a decade, Minnesota Poet Laureate Joyce Sutphen is resigning. Sutphen, 71, is the state’s second poet laureate, ...

Paul Laurence Dunbar was only 33 years old when he died in 1906. In his short yet prolific life, Dunbar used folk dialect to ...

By CAROLYN BROWN Staff Writer Peter Gizzi, professor of poetry at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, recently won the ...

Don’t want to spend much money on Valentine’s Day 2025 this year? Here are some ideas to celebrate love without a lot of loot ...