Located on campus, the UA Poetry Center remains one of the most expansive collections of contemporary poetry in the nation. A lot of people may not think Tucson is the place to be if you are a poet, ...

Poetry allows us to explore the depths of what means to be human. It evokes emotion, imagination, and connection between author and reader. Perhaps because these compositions represent the most human ...

Pinky The Poet pulled up to Fresh Friday to perform “Societal Mechanisms.” She grew up in Chicago and she started taking poetry seriously after a serious injury when she was in college, playing soccer ...

Editor’s note: This column was written earlier this school year, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent school closures. Although many people may not consider Slam Poetry a sport, it holds the ...

It’s #WorldPoetryDay! Celebrate with us by enjoying these examples of incredible literature and personal expression by poets from across the African continent. Bassey Ikpi, a Nigerian-born but America ...

Editor's Note: As we wrap up National Poetry Month, Keith Orr (owner of Ann Arbor's Common Language Bookstore) offers insight into the importance of poetry while recommending great works to both those ...

“There are things that are important beyond all this fiddle.” That’s how “Poetry,” Marianne Moore’s early 20th century poem about the venerable art form, is presented via a wholly new art form, the ...

The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) and Macmillan Children’s Books (MCB) have launched The Big Amazing Poetry Project. The initiative marks 30 years of MCB’s poetry list for children ...

To anyone who thinks that poetry is mostly written by stuffy, old dead men, think again – because there’s a whole new group of poets taking the literary world by storm... and they’re kids. Kate ...