Writing poetry can help a person come to grips with—or understand—what is in their mind. Writing and reading poetry is an ...

Poems rhyme some of the time; oftentimes they don’t. But what distinguishes a poem from other herds of words is how a poem combines rhythm and precision to make meaning and move us: capturing a moment ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Thinkstock by Getty Images April is Poetry Month, a painful reminder for some, who suffered under English teachers who made them write about the cherry tree ...

Physics and poetry might seem like an unlikely pair, but both are rooted in structure, rhythm and precision. Both rely on clarity – distilling complex ideas into their simplest, most elegant form. And ...

If you prepare a meal, does that make you a chef? Must one be an artist to be creative? Can only poets write poems? These are ...

Considering February is the month of love, what better time could there be to write a love letter or poem to a beloved? To be loved and nurtured is a universal need. Being loved creates feelings of ...

Celebrate National Poetry Month with 13 ideas, from writing and memorizing poems to joining readings, taking classes and ...

For the latest "Morning Edition" community poem, Rachel Martin and poet Kwame Alexander ask listeners for poetry submissions. This round, the call-out is for poems in letter, or epistolary, form.

If you enjoy poetry or simply love words, you can creatively channel that same energy for manifestation with an acrostic poem ...