Fear of the foreign and the fear of being foreign.” ...

Journey through time to discover the most famous poets who ever lived! Celebrate these literary masters with us.

On curating and editing the mammoth The Penguin Book of Poems on the Indian City that features original work in English and translations from 20 languages ...

When children write poetry, they often jump in with only a vague idea then follow where it leads — adults can do that, too, ...

Appreciating poetry doesn't have to take a lot of time. As these moving short poems prove, you can work poetry into your daily life.

This short poem was written by Parnia Abbasi - a young woman who had yet to celebrate her 24th birthday before, on 13 June, an Israeli missile hit her home in the Sattarkhan neighborhood in ...

When I walk in the woods, I often try to capture the moment in nature by composing haikus. Those very short poems are an old guy’s way of saying “Wow! Thanks!” and clicking his heels in the ...

Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems Paul B. Janeczko, illus. by Melissa Sweet. Candlewick, $16.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-7636-4842-8 ...

‘Make every word count’ — Roy Peter Clark discusses the power of short writing Writing coach talks about the power of revision, editor pitfalls and the prize you can win for writing short ...

He captures this almost physical necessity in his very short poem “Meteorite,” which describes an “exiled line” of poetry that, having fallen “from the heavens” and woken the earth ...

So much longing in this lively little poem. One of the great joys of encountering a very short poem is, in my estimation, experiencing how brevity concentrates a central feeling and/or image. In this ...

Favorite The really short poems of A.R. Ammons by Ammons, A. R., 1926-2001 Publication date 1990 Topics American poetry -- 20th century, American poetry, English poetry, United States Publisher New ...