Shuntaro Tanikawa, a pioneer of modern Japanese poetry, passed away at 92. Known for his profound and conversational style diverging from traditional haiku, he achieved acclaim with his debut 'Two ...

“Through writing poetry children can have the experience of their words, their thoughts and feelings, having power, being valid and listened to.” And another big plus for parents reading poetry to ...

Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other ...

The depth and symbolism of Heaney’s bog poetry are far beyond the scope of this simple blog post, but let me simply remind ...

Think of a profession that you associate with physical labor … bricklayer? Janitor? Lumberjack? What about a profession associated with education … professor? Lawyer? Scientist? And what about a ...

Survivor's Syndrome is a dramatic poem written in the early days of the war. It lays bare the harrowing experiences of ...

Over the next three years, I will share freely with everyone how much I love my chosen art form of poetry!" Angelique Palmer is a performance poet, Kindergarten teacher, and Spoken Word instructor at ...

He is highly decorated, having won a Pulitzer Prize and the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry. The Daily Princetonian sat down to talk about his spoken word music group, Rogue Oliphant. This interview has ...

The First World War inspired profound poetry, words in which the atmosphere and landscape of battle were evoked perhaps more vividly than ever before. The First World War poets – many of whom lost ...