In 2017, poet Sarah Holbrook was excited to learn that two of her poems were chosen to appear on the 7th and 8th grade Texas state standardized test. On a lark, Holbrook tried answering the ...

To reinvigorate the poetry scene on ASU's downtown campus, Rosemarie Dombrowski, an English professor, has opted to take learning outside of the classroom. She teaches an intermediate poetry class ...

A dispiriting new survey has found that nearly a quarter of schools teach poetry only once a year or less. What a shame that is Schools are facing considerable barriers to teaching poetry in the ...

With National Poetry Month going strong, students can create and listen to poems, brush up on their poetry terms, and enjoy new work by the 2014 Pulitzer Prize winner in poetry, Vijay Seshadri.

Once upon a time, almost all American schoolchildren memorized and recited poetry in the course of their education. It’s easy to look back wistfully at an age where everyone carried a bit of ...

“Bring ’em up! Bring ’em up! Bring ’em up!” shouts the crowd at the AvantGarden in Montrose. Although it may seem like a loud rap or hip-hop concert, under the back patio’s twinkle of firelights and ...

GENESEE COUNTY, MI – When Jacob Keys, a 17-year-old senior at Carman-Ainsworth High School, saw the “Inspire” mural on the outskirts of downtown Flint, it reminded him of his childhood. The mural ...

"If you want a child to learn to read quickly and easily, read and sing lots of children's poetry during the pre-school years," says Roger McGough, poet and president of the Poetry Society. "An early ...