Shel Silverstein was a master of linguistic mischief, using repetition and creative wordplay to amuse and prepare kids for ...

Writer Alan Katz didn't think poetry was for him. Then he wrote a book or two and learned that poetry is for everyone.

Shantell Mwikali and her family could not hide their smiles after Oga Obinna visited them at home in Dandora, Nairobi ...

Barker, 32, said that as recovery continues for her and her neighbors -- which she described as a marathon now and not a ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Alan Katz, who lives in Milford, Connecticut. Alan says, “I’ve been writing since Miss Gordon showed me the alphabet in kindergarten.

For Stephanie, this debut is more than a milestone; it symbolizes her journey of self-discovery toward following her calling ...

Traditional singer and composer Aileen Lambert, from Ballindaggin, Co Wexford, has been putting a new voice to the words of the poet Winifred M Letts (1882-1972). Aileen has composed new airs, in the ...

Limón’s poem, “In Praise of Mystery,” is set to rocket off the planet on NASA’s Europa Clipper for a 1.8 billion-mile journey ...

Despite the evolution of mediums, the fundamental essence of poetry - capturing and conveying human experience - remains ...

NPR's Scott Simon asks Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha about his new collection, "Forest of Noise," and about the conflict in Gaza.

In the summer of 1876, rebel French poet Arthur Rimbaud arrived on the Indonesian island of Java, enlisting in the colonial ...