For 20 years, teens from around the country have come to Washington, D.C. to compete in the national Poetry Out Loud finals.

Nyla Dinkins represents Washington, D.C., at the 20th annual Poetry Out Loud competition this week. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: High school students from around the country are here in D.C. this week to ...

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The author’s latest poetry collection, “Smother” ($26, W.W. Norton) hit bookshop shelves recently, so we took the opportunity ...

Lest you think screens have completely taken over teens' minds, note that more than 4 million high school students have been reciting poetry for fun and competition for the past 20 years as part ...

High school students from around the country are here in D.C. this week to compete in the 20th annual Poetry Out Loud National Finals. Students memorize and perform poems in a variety of styles ...

The world is always talking to us, but all too often we are just not listening. One of the things that one can do as a poet is to enter into conversation with the more than human existence which ...