When 17-year-old Yohanna Endashaw took the stage in March at the Poetry Out Loud State Finals in Springfield, she said she felt herself transcend into a “vessel for the poems.” “I like to ...

Life is a barren field. Frozen with snow. A key figure of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s, Langston Hughes wrote about Black life and culture, revealing through his words his people’s music ...

When children write poetry, they often jump in with only a vague idea then follow where it leads — adults can do that, too, ...

Without it, it feels like there’s this big piece that’s missing. Like I’m missing something big, not just anything. And I can’t imagine my life without the hijab, or the scarf." Zahraa ...

In new poems, Ocean Vuong looks at life after his mother's death Ocean Vuong's second poetry collection, Time is a Mother, grapples with time and its impermanence following his mother's death in 2019.

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Julie Clayton. I became aware of Julie through Poetry Out Loud, ... and the delusion surrounding the story he’d created about his lover’s death.

USA TODAY's Lokela Blanc presents ˈblak and (h)wīt', an original poem about the pain, struggle and empowerment she's found from within.

Joshua Clover’s “My Life in the New Millennium” begins with a thorny, if familiar, either/or. Then the poem moves quickly to accrue its juxtapositions and surprises, providing room for both ...