Now Jeffrey Brown has the latest report in a series we call "Where Poetry Lives." He and U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey are exploring poetry in various corners of American life, seeking to ...

Wendy Videlock is poet laureate of the Western Slope. Her column, The Barefoot Laureate, will appear every other Sunday in the pages of The Daily Sentinel. A award-winning poet and artist, Videlock ...

Editor’s note: We updated this lesson for National Poetry Day. It’s about U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey’s visit to a unique Seattle program a few years ago. A unique program in Seattle teaches ...

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The light of His countenance. I sometimes sign my books with the advice to “stagger onward rejoicing”. This where it comes from. Auden’s poem is about the search for paradise, a paradise that doesn’t ...

I think I might have posted this animation of Billy Collins' poem Forgetfulness during some other National Poetry Month. Or maybe not. I can't recall. Happy reading. If you purchase a product or ...

Never heard of World Poetry Day? It’s pretty official, having been adopted by no less than UNESCO in 1999. One of the objectives is “to support linguistic diversity through poetic expression and to ...