Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition?

I’ve been part of different slam scenes for the past 20 years. I’ve seen a lot of bad slam poetry. I’ve performed a lot of ...

Haiku can serve as a catalyst for discussion and creativity as students work together to create their own poems.

Seattle Reads is the library’s citywide book group, with more than 20 programs planned in April and May, including events with U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón on May 16 and 17. Find a copy of “You Are ...

I was caught off-guard for a second, then I thought perhaps the best answer would be to simply share an example of how I got an idea and how I developed it into a poem. I picked one of my most ...