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?

"Those kinds of overall impressions, I think most of us do get," says Mullen. "We are left with something." Whatever that "something" is — trust it. "Poetry was an oral art form before anything ...

To explore different types of poetry and write your own haiku poem. All poems are made up of words. Poems can tell a story or be about a thought or a feeling. They can be serious or silly ...

In four new collections, a frank look at disability, a celebration of domestic life (and dogs), a gathering of hushed moments ...

Vance, chosen by the People's Literary Festival board, aims to promote advanced literacy and showcase poetry's diverse forms. Since he was 5 years old, Kiya Vance has been writing. Because of ...