Human speech is rich with rhythm. As a person speaks, certain syllables are naturally emphasized, whereas others blend into the background. In this way, regular conversation becomes poetic. Language ...

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 ...

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 ...

The boardroom at Sister Nivedita University turned into just such a space for Quill, a poetry workshop organised by the department of English, in collaboration with The Conversationalist’s Club ...

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 ...

With reference to Bruce Wheaton’s discussion of reading poetry in the March 5 Press-Citizen, our poetry reading group at the Iowa City Senior Center, Reading Aloud, has never felt in our more than 10 ...

But as we celebrate the fact that April is National Poetry Month, it’s worth remembering that a good poem gets to the point and often takes up considerably less than 580 words. And it does it with ...

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 ...

If someone approached you on the street and asked if they could film you reading poetry, would you say yes? Answer honestly. In fact, don’t bother answering. We already know the truth. Because when ...

My husband loves all the trimmings of Thanksgiving, particularly mashed potatoes. I adore my grandmother’s recipe for Mamie Eisenhower’s Pumpkin Chiffon Pie. But I could skip the traditional meal ...

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 ...