Poet Amanda Hawkins shares their experience writing a poem they initially resisted writing and how Hawkins was able to move past that feeling and write.

Poets are dramatists, self-dramatists,” Jeet Thayil tells us. “We draw into ourselves every possible bit of bombast. We make ...

Not long after I had rung in the New Year with my husband Leonard and two of our dearest friends, my gut started rumbling ...

In closed form specific poetic structures may repeat throughout the poem, perhaps to create rhythmic effects ... John Agard’s Checking Out Me History is an example of an open form poem but ...

A few weeks ago before Christmas I was talking on the phone to my granddaughter Lyla, and she told me that she had just ...

Having trouble getting people to remember what you say? Try using four memory-enhancing communication tactics: narrative, ...

The comedian shares the moments that have shaped him, from finding success on the comedy circuit, to having a baby in his ...

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

This week, three Indian writers announced a new award for Indian poets who write in English, making this one of the few given ...

Poetry may have seemed untouchable by AI, since the art form is known for vividly evoking uniquely human experiences. But ...

Readers may have found human-written poems to be more convoluted than AI-generated poetry since they likely read the poems to ...