Poetry is often seen as an indulgence and/or as something reserved for certain kinds of intellectuals and artists. It can be considered inaccessible for various reasons, not the least of which being ...

The more I edited down my life to the essential elements ... She has published several books of poetry and prose, including "Good Bones" and two recent bestsellers, "Keep Moving" and "Goldenrod." ...

“Poetry is the art of compression, of saying in a few well-chosen words, enhanced with rhythm and musicality of language what might take many more words to express — far less memorably — in prose,” ...

Wouldn’t this old world be better, If the folks we meet would say, ‘I know something good about you!’ And then treat us just that way?” So begins a poem ...

Maria Shriver gets candid about her difficult divorce, struggles with self-worth and more in her new poetry book, ‘I Am Maria' ...

Jean Prokott—a decade-long Century High School English teacher, the city’s third Poet Laureate, a recent recipient of a $50K poetry grant—just wants to bring us together.

The 29-year-old singer and songwriter is set to release 'Forever Is a Feeling,' her first solo LP since breaking out as a ...

"Why did he say 'What a good boy am I'?" D asked me of Little Jack ... Her collection, one poem for each of her eighty years, is "The Myopic’s View" (Ginninderra Press). Her book on young ...

Happy Birthday to the late, great mother of wisdom, Ms. Maya Angelou. The writer, poet and singer would have been 97 years ...

Joy Harjo, the first Native American Poet Laureate in the U.S., is releasing two illustrative books this month, centered ...