When writing a poem, it’s important to ask yourself: who am I talking to? Am I writing as if I’m speaking to an audience ... in order to communicate ideas to people in their own time.

Steven Leyva was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised in Houston, Texas. His first poetry collection, “The Understudy’s ...

Rick Lupert, a poet, songleader and graphic designer, is the author of 28 books including “God Wrestler: A Poem for Every Torah Portion.” Visit him at www.JewishPoetry.net ...

Slam poetry is a form of catharsis for Claire Nelson who secured a first place victory at the Watermark Art Center’s final ...

The role of Spokane poet laureate asks laureates to, putting it plainly, bring poetry to one and all. To do this, laureates ...

JoEllen Kwiatek's work has been published in "The Antioch Review" and "The American Poetry Review." She has also received a ...

Robert I. Grossman, MD, CEO of NYU Langone & Dean of NYU Grossman School of Medicine, on what makes a leader worth following.

During April, 17-year-old Daniel Umemezie was selected as the Iowa Student Poet Ambassador and as the Cedar Valley Youth Poet Laureate.

The Tremont Writers Conference explores the importance of community in a writer’s journey and how the mountains and natural ...

In the story I am thinking of, he does it in a particularly surprising way: God instructs Moses, the leader of the Israelites ...