In Black American folklore, music and poetry share the same soul. The poets of the Black Arts movement, particularly Sonia Sanchez, Nikki Giovanni, Audre Lorde and Amiri Baraka, were in touch with ...

Critics and readers love the term, but it can be awfully slippery to pin down. That’s what makes it so fun to try. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most ...

Where do poems come from? I’m asked that question a lot. Where do you get your ideas? Where do poems come from? After my school assembly programs, I like to allow time for students and teachers to ask ...

Today’s column is written by David L. Harrison, host of Poetry from Daily Life. He lives with his wife Sandy, a retired school counselor and businesswoman, in Springfield, Missouri. This is the 53rd ...

Okayplayer chats with Alchemist about his new joint albums, Prodigy, Future and more. 17 hours ago On a Tuesday night at The Heart Department, a Black-owned wellness space in the Arts District of ...

Backed by a prodigious jazz combo, the poet’s debut album possesses a profound and forceful clarity. Save this story Save this story In her 1977 essay “Poetry Is Not a Luxury,” the feminist poet and ...

It is National Poetry Month. And today, we're going to look at one of the most recognizable poems in the English language. In the winter of 1952, Dylan Thomas concluded a reading at New York's 92nd ...

Where is the love that goes without quivering? Have you ever heard this poem before? The title is “No Flower Blooms without Wavering” (흔들리며 피는 꽃). This poem is one of Korea's famous poems that is ...

I’m a nonfiction writer who has dabbled in fiction writing over the years. I hope to do more of both, but now I also feel called to write poetry. I enjoy the idea of packing big ideas into small ...

This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Charles Ghigna — Father Goose — who lives in Homewood, Alabama. Charles has been a writer for fifty years and loves to “celebrate life through the eyes ...