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

Poet Lisken Van Pelt Dus explores themes of identity, displacement and belonging in her new collection, "How Many Hands to ...

Ever heard the saying “the best writers are readers”? The first step to writing a poem is figuring out what you like about poetry. Is it imagery? Format? Rhyme? Start by sampling a few poets.

I don’t hate this one but I feel like he could do better still. I like the rhyme and it feels like he put a bit of effort ...

BENGALURU: Even among those of us who are avid readers, ready to get lost in words whenever we get the chance – there are ...

Geeta Tripathee is known for her contributions as a poet, lyricist, essayist, literary critic, and scholar in Nepali literature. I met her at Ratna Rajya College, where she teaches, and we enjoyed an ...

San Diego has named Paola Capó-García as its third Poet Laureate since the program began in 2020. A former journalist and ...

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

I began writing my first poetry collection in the summer of 2024, and this winter, it finally got published! Here's the ...