But poetry isn't just for adults. In fact, there are plenty of poems for kids that are both entertaining and enlightening. From our earliest moments, we're surrounded by poetry in the form of ...

Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for when you feel like laughing. Maybe that’s why poetry has even taken over ...

A children's poetry competition run by the BBC and the Latitude festival is expanding to cover three counties. The winner ...

Angela Knight, library media specialist at Harrison Elementary, wrote the forward for the new book. She was also awarded SPS ...

The poet Roger McGough introduces and reads some of his best-known poems for children: The writer of this poem Uses a series wild and wonderful similes to describe the writer. The hearer of this ...

Is children's literature meant to prolong the experience of childhood, or introduce our little ones to the darker realities of being a grown-up? Covering the last 300 years of Polish poetry, Marek ...

Karonhienhawe Nicholas had never tried her hand at creative writing before last year, but now that her first piece is ...

Shakespearean love poems? Something longer that you might find in a poetry book? Maybe something by Poe or Dickinson? Or perhaps you’re just taking your first steps into the world of poetry ...

A new collection of illustrated story poems is told from the perspective ... JOHN HIMMELMAN: Oh, thank you for having me. SIMON: I guess children are the intended audience, but I sure liked ...

Five English football teams are commissioning official poems for their clubs as part of a scheme to encourage youth literacy.