Lattimore doesn't think he ever loved football. He loved "the flow state." The former Gamecock running back is rediscovering ...

Kwame Dawes is a poet, actor and musician whose work is shaped by a journey that started in Ghana, where he was born, all the way to Jamaica, where he was raised. Dawes, who joined the staff at Brown ...

W. J. Lofton’s captivating and lyrical new poetry collection, boy maybe, encompasses his Southern upbringing as well as his experiences with being Black and queer. The Chicago-born, Alabama-raised ...

April is National Poetry Month, a time to celebrate the beauty and power of poetry. This monthlong celebration, established ...

Ashley Moyo wrote her first poem at age 9 for a school assignment about glasses. She continued using poetry throughout her education, including as a Model United Nations member in high school, when ...

Born in New Orleans in 1812, Armand Lanusse was a free man of color who worked as an educator, editor, poet, writer and ...

Junauda Petrus, the second poet laureate of Minneapolis, plans to bring poetry to barber shops, buses and community spaces while engaging youth and elders through storytelling.

Gloria Muñoz, St. Petersburg’s poet laureate, presents the third annual City of Writers Poetry Festival in St. Pete with community partners.

El Segundo’s second poet laureate will host a butterfly walk for his inaugural program later this month — exploring the connection between nature and creativity. El Segundo Poet Laureate Kweku ...

As temperatures rise, easy-to-make infused water remedies can help prevent dehydration and heat strokes. Cucumber lemon mint, lemon fennel ginger, watermelon basil, orange cinnamon, and coconut ...

McKay often wrote in the Jamaican dialect, and while his poetry highlighted socioeconomic inequalities, it also celebrated the dignified lives in the Black community. The first stanza is excerpted ...

Journalist and author Maria Shriver stops by TODAY to discuss her new book “I Am Maria,” a collection of reflections and poems on heartbreak, healing and finding your way home.