"The beating of a butterfly’s wings," observes Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, "or the beating of syllables in a word, ignite dynamics of meaning, light, or darkness in the human heart. Poetry ...

April serves as National Poetry Month, and to celebrate, the Ballston Spa Committee on the Arts recently announced it would hold its third annual “Random Acts of Poetry” series.

This year marks 250 years since the American Revolution, and the Minnesota America 250 Committee is launching a statewide calendar of celebrations, programs and events for the country’s 250th birthday ...

Whether you see yourself as a reader of poetry or not, in honor of National Poetry Month in April, I’d like to challenge you ...

James C. Clemens Jr shares a heartfelt collection of poems exploring faith, family, perseverance, and personal ...

I grew up in Kembong, a village in the Southwest Region of Cameroon, where life was simple, calm, and community-oriented, but schooling could be harsh. My earliest memories of school are filled with ...

Practice with the attention to detail and language choices needed for poetry writing can help elementary students with other kinds of writing as well.

The new book is about a young writer who's hired by a prestigious but dysfunctional poetry journal. Says the author, "There's a lot of crazy stuff going on." ...

In this lesson, high school students write ‘I am’ poems in their home language and then translate them into English, building ...

CHICAGO, Feb. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Poetry Foundation is pleased to announce that its Summer Poetry Teachers Institute will return to Chicago July 13–17, 2026, bringing together K–12 teachers ...

Free professional development program in Chicago invites educators to deepen and energize poetry instruction The 2026 Institute will explore the theme "Poetry Speaks" through seminars, hands-on ...