It really helps cultivate their confidence.” Sixteen students who won poetry slams during a yearlong spoken-word project at four Columbus schools will read their works at “Schooled on Poetry ...

Author Robert L Forbes read shared springtime poetry from his book “Let's Have ... the crowd to go accompany a reading of Forbes' poem "Funny Bunny." The event drew 424 children age 4 or younger ...

shared jokes with the crowd to go accompany a reading of Forbes' poem "Funny Bunny." Jeff Jacobus, owner of Classic Bookshop, also attended and sold three poetry books by Forbes, along with other ...

Poetry Out Loud is a national initiative that encourages students to engage deeply with poetry through memorization, performance, and a dynamic recitation competition. This is the 20th anniversary ...

“Very few people are familiar with Urdu literature, even through poetry. There were forms such as the qasida — used to praise someone or a marsiya, a song of sorrow that have faded out,” he say ...

It’s National Poetry Month, and I am excited. I love wordplay and turns of phrase, so I’m happy that this is the 29th year to celebrate wordsmithing of the poetic variety — the Academy of American ...

Poetry is alive and well in Alaska, and April as Poetry Month is a great time to meet or reacquaint ourselves with three very accomplished Alaska poets, each of whom has a new book entering the world.