People who don’t read poetry aloud are depriving themselves of an essential pleasure, says the poet Robert Pinsky. Consider the “tickle of gratification” that a young child feels upon hearing the ...

Local poet Donald Dunbar - who has some familiarity with the sound of poetry read aloud, as part of the If Not For Kidnap reading series - has an extremely helpful piece up on Sound, an online ...

Robert Frost once said, “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” So it’s no surprise that educators who want their students to think, feel, and express ...

Robert Pinsky’s latest poetry anthology, “Essential Pleasures,” is a collection of “poems to be read aloud,” with selections dating from antiquity through the present day. I spoke to Pinsky while he ...

What is it about life’s big and little moments that calls for a poem? At weddings. At funerals. On greeting cards. In church. On the radio. At moments of great happiness or deep sadness. At beginnings ...

Come let nature nurture you in this politically stressful day and age. On Oct. 15 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pembroke Town library, two special friends will read aloud their peaceful poems from ...

After eating Arab cuisine and listening to musician Ronnie Malley play the oud on stage, Northwestern’s Middle Eastern and North African Student Association shared Arabic-based poems with each other ...

It’s often called the Woodstock of poetry festivals. The Dodge Poetry Festival – the largest poetry event in North America – will bring the rock stars of the art form to Newark Oct. 23 to 26. Former U ...