Emily Dickinson explained what the feeling of writing poetry is like, “If I feel physically as if the top of my head were ...

"Don't count your chickens before they hatch," "The early bird catches the worm" — these and other proverbs are poems ...

He’s a perceptive reader, and he has a knack for writing about poems in ways that lend shape and even excitement to the act of reading and thinking about them. He’s also comfortable ignoring some of ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is ... sagas that would pass history down through generations. More recent examples of this evolution would be "The Ballad of Jesse James." ...

It often appears in classical plays, epic poetry, and stylized modern works ... The works of William Shakespeare are arguably most famous examples of heightened language, with their use of ...

April is National Poetry Month—a good time to become immersed ... me,” and invites her reader to see the magic of having no example, yet moving forward to do what one is called to do and ...

How to draft poetry Discover how you can draft your own poetry using examples from Wilfred Owen’s ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’.

Harper’s upbeat poem celebrates spring, the beauty of nature, and the joy of renewal. In contrast to many of her poems that address the social and political issues of her time, this one conveys a ...

Atlanta is home to some of the most accomplished and celebrated poets in the country. To celebrate National Poetry Month, we’ve rounded up 13 collections by Atlanta poets.

Two professors in the Creative Writing Program turned to the seventh-century style of verse during the pandemic to tackle the ...