You know the saying "kids say the darnedest things?" As author Matt Forrest Esenwine explains, they write some pretty wild ...

This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Kate Coombs, who lives in Bountiful, Utah. Kate began writing when she was seven or eight years old and was first published in 2006. She confides ...

Romantic poetry, for example, written in rhyme and meter, ... “Poetry is a very solitary process,” she said, “and when I’m writing poetry, unless it’s an oral poem, ...

A poem can lift the spirits and nourish the soul. This week, let’s all learn one together! Meet your poem Rhythm and rhyme Made in N.Y.C. Greet the day Keep your poem By A.O. Scott and Aliza ...

The Academy of American Poets launched National Poetry Month in April 1996 to celebrate the role of poets and poetry in American culture. Since then, it's become one of the largest literary ...

In modern poetry, line breaks, repetition and even spaces for silence can help to create rhythm. Rhythm can help to strengthen the meaning of words and ideas in a poem. Video about understanding ...