I was scared my parents wouldn’t let me study or write poems. That fear is what led me to adopt the pen name Jyoti Jungle. I ...

Jean Prokott—a decade-long Century High School English teacher, the city’s third Poet Laureate, a recent recipient of a $50K ...

Joanna Broad-Reeder first met the schoolboy - under 18 years of age - while working as a supply teacher at Crewe's St Thomas ...

The poems examine the celebration and sorrow behind that concept ... Eskilson draws parallels between a horror movie ...

Poetry is often seen as an indulgence and/or as something reserved for certain kinds of intellectuals and artists. It can be considered inaccessible for various reasons, not the least of which being ...

Unlike the tigers, she seems to fear the man who casts his shadow on this verse. “Uncle” is what you cry out when you surrender. Let’s take a moment to admire the needlework of the poem ...

Colleges have been warned, for instance, that they will lose federal funding if they try to balance an incoming class with ...

The poems examine the celebration and sorrow behind ... and an unassuming queer person upon whom society projects fear; who, regardless of how small and non-threatening they try to make themselves ...

Of course, there are also non-monetary benefits to participating in a poetry slam, like conquering a fear of public speaking or taking a stand about an important issue. “That takes a lot of ...