Weeks before he was killed by an Israeli airstrike, Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer shared his 2011 poem If I Must Die. “If I must die/you must live/to tell my story,” the poem reads. The persona then ...

Google continues to inch forward in its quest to make it even harder for the Poet Laureate to continue to ply their trade. On Monday, the company announced a new AI project called Verse by Verse. You ...

There is no cure for Alzheimer’s. But there are people trying to make a difference for the millions of Americans who have the disease. Molly Meyer helps people living with Alzheimer’s rediscover lost ...

At the close of the poetry group she leads Thursday afternoons, nursing home volunteer Kay Saunders gives an assignment for the following week. Write about a quiet time, or about something that`s ...

As the world celebrates World Poetry Day (WPD) today, CHINAKA OKORO writes that the country should take advantage of the celebration to encourage Nigerians to embrace poetry as a tool to fight ...

Today, 82 Bexar County youths will be recognized for successfully using one of man's most powerful tools. The oldest is 18; the youngest is 4. The tool? Poetry. Since 1927, San Antonio's Young Pegasus ...

MayomikunFadipe, a succinct Nigerian poet hascalled on Poets to explore oral recitation of poems saying that overtime; poetry has taken several shades, as its aesthetic component and versatility has ...

In his poem, “Introduction to Poetry,” Billy Collins writes that he asks readers to hold his work “up to the light/like a color slide.” Instead, too often, “all they want to do/is tie the poem to a ...

As the basis of her doctoral dissertation for Wesley Theological Seminary, the Rev. Wanda Bynum Duckett explored how spoken word poetry can be used as a component of worship. Her work on her doctorate ...

On Dec. 9, protesters hold tributes to Palestinian writer, poet, and professor Refaat Alareer, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike, as tens of thousands of Palestine supporters march through London ...