Considering February is the month of love, what better time could there be to write a love letter or poem to a beloved? To be loved and nurtured is a universal need. Being loved creates feelings of ...

Will Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album “The Tortured Poets Department” usher in a new era of poetry appreciation? Delaney Atkins, a part-time instructor at Austin Peay State University who teaches a ...

WINONA, Minn. — You could buy your Valentine the usual array of chocolates, flowers and a card. Or you could do something bravely romantic — write a love poem. Winona poet laureate Jim Armstrong says ...

Poems are powerful, magical and mysterious. They show us life in novel ways. “A poem is an offering,” says poet and professor Julie Marie Wade. It can sneak up on readers to show them something ...

For the latest "Morning Edition" community poem, Rachel Martin and poet Kwame Alexander ask listeners for poetry submissions. This round, the call-out is for poems in letter, or epistolary, form.

Such a simple little poem. If you wanted a lesson in how to write a poem, you could use this one. You could start with a moment that sticks in the mind, the moment you remember, maybe when your young ...

I thought a story on how to write a love poem would be fun. Especially if I interviewed local poets, and asked for their words of wisdom. And guess what? It is totally fun! The final product runs ...