Poems don’t give you news, they give you inspiration. Poems don’t give you knowledge, they heighten your sensitivity. Poems don’t give you information, they increase your empathy.

Stephanie Pacheco, a student at Borough of Manhattan Community College, wrote “Dear CUNY” to celebrate the value New York’s ...

Skye Jackson’s debut poetry collection, “Libre,” leads off with a poem that, back in 2021, won her deserved acclaim.

Elizabeth Luoma, who also works at SHU, gave her valedictorian speech at Shelton High in rhyme and looks to use other ...

What’s your favorite Langston Hughes poem? Maybe it’s one you grew up with. Maybe it’s one you stumbled across in a moment of ...

Libraries, schools and cultural organizations around Massachusetts and the country celebrate April as National Poetry Month. In honor of that occasion, please enjoy the official state poem of the ...

As an esteemed poet and a retired professor of philosophy at UW-Milwaukee, John Koethe kept those two worlds separate. “I ...

A Pulitzer Prize-winning weekly covering West Marin, including the towns of Point Reyes Station, Inverness, Bolinas, Stinson ...

Why are children reluctant to divulge information about their school day and how can you encourage more details?

Forman School has announced that Ella Scott, a junior student from Norman, OK, was named one of the Top 20 Finalists in the ...

For National Poetry Month, I’ve curated a playlist of seven songs that represent poetic devices like allusion, irony and rhyme. I call it “the wordplaylist.” Prepare to be taken back to middle school ...

Teton Middle School hosted the first school-wide poetry slam last week as 48 students went face to face on stage to determine ...