Writer Alan Katz didn't think poetry was for him. Then he wrote a book or two and learned that poetry is for everyone.

Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...

A limerick is a funny five-line poem with a rhyme scheme ... When you write about a poem it is worth starting with the shape of the poem on the page, the number of stanzas and lines and whether ...

Shakespeare reading "Hamlet" to his family, circa 1600. Most people confuse a sonnet and a poem, but they have slight differences. A sonnet is a specific type of poem, typically consisting of 14 ...

I have audition monologues that I personally love, such as Hamlet’s advice to the players—beautiful poetry, a great character, and funny to boot—but not everyone can or should play Hamlet.

Poe’s writing career began in the early 1820s with the release of “Tamerlane and Other Poems,” a collection of poems that included the well-thought-out 403-line poem “Tamerlane,” which ...

T celebrates four talents across music, art and fashion who, through patience and perseverance, have transformed the culture.

What is the shape of the book? Are there radical breaks ... Did it make me laugh — I think all books should be funny, and if not, they better be brilliant — or cry? Only one or two books a year make ...

Then there are poems written in the voice of Baartman herself ... There’s a lightly worn authority behind them, an honesty: you can be funny and serious. “I have a sense most grief is also ...