I'm supposed to analyze this poem (Elizabeth Bishop's 'Sestina'). I've spent a few hours here pulling obscure references from the thing, and frankly I don't feel like I'm even the neighborhood of ...

From the sonnets of William Shakespeare to the writings of Walt Whitman and the rejuvenating words of Amanda Gorman, poetry is indelibly writ into the fabric of not only popular culture, but the ...

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The new question-of-the-week is: What are your favorite ways to teach poetry? April is National Poetry Month. Poetry lessons can be great learning opportunities and big hits with students—whether they ...

For 20 years, teens from around the country have come to Washington, D.C. to compete in the national Poetry Out Loud finals. Four teens on why they like poetry Lest you think screens have completely ...

American poet Emily Dickinson. A mystical recluse, she lived all her life in Amherst, Massachusetts. Emily Dickinson was a 19th-century American poet whose name has become synonymous with classic ...