Snippets of poetry have provided writer Irene Latham enough wisdom to fill a book. She shares several in this week's column.

“I promise you, there’s a poem for everyone,” she says. Next, decide what you want to write about. Simple as it sounds, this can often be the hardest step for writers. What do you want to say? Finally ...

ALEXANDER: Yes. We are going to do an epistolary poem, from the Latin epistola, for letter. So we are quite literally going to write poems that read as letters. They can tell a story. They can ask ...

Ever thought about writing a poem? Why not take the leap? In a new series, award-winning poet Jessica Traynor shares insights to help you find your voice. My mum and I are having a coffee and ...

The first appeared on Nov. 19, 2023. Maryfrances began writing poems as an 8th grader and today writes mainly poetry and some essays. Among books she enjoyed writing are "The Immigrants’ New ...

Panicked that she would forget how to write her own name, Matsue penned her signature again and again and again in notebooks, Kakugawa recounted to a group of older adults at a Sacramento community ...

The structure of a poem can mirror the scientific idea it describes, making both the form and the content work together. A nonnet, for example, is a perfect choice for writing about loss ...

Ever thought about writing a poem? Why not take the leap? In a new series, award-winning poet Jessica Traynor shares insights to help you find your voice. On a cold day, around a decade ago ...

writing a monthly column that uses the Times’ interactive technology to analyze a single poem at a time. Scott isn’t coming to poetry as a true outsider. He finished all the coursework and ...

I’m excited to publish this book of my poems and reflections because I believe that writing poetry from the frontline of your life can be an extraordinary tool in healing.” “All of us ...