So rest easy as you read a poem — there's no quiz at the end! 2. Don't worry about 'getting it' People often put pressure on themselves to crack a poem, unlock its meaning or figure out what the ...

April is National Poetry Month. And if poetry isn't your thing, don't worry. A lot of people are with you on that. But if you want to give poetry a shot and it just seems too dense or hard to ...

Don’t worry if you will offend anyone. “Poetry literally saved my life,” said the spoken-word poet, who started writing poetry to help her handle the loss. Later, she began reading her work ...

Nixon wrote a poem as part of her poetry unit, but was too shy to read it in front of the class. “She’s like, ‘Don’t worry, I’ll read it for you.’ She reads it, and everybody’s like ‘Ooh! Ahh! Woah!’ ...