Ofelia Zepeda is a renowned poet and linguist, and one of the world’s foremost experts on the Tohono O’odham language.

Mr. Alemnge is among a group of artists using spoken-word poetry to denounce ongoing bloodshed in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions, where separatists are fighting government forces.

The event, “Schooled on Poetry,” will also feature readings by local and national poets. The students are part of a yearlong spoken-word project led by poet-educator Peter Kahn. Sixteen ...

And it’s how he wins titles and trophies on Oregon’s spoken-word poetry circuit. It wasn’t until Lattimore began performing poetry at open mic nights that he even realized that this ...

Support youth in your life who may be participating in Poetry Out Loud by offering to hear their poem and watching the national finals in early May. You can also attend virtual open mics or listen to ...

Johnny Tillotson, the singer behind Sixties hits “Poetry in Motion” and “It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin’,” has died at the age of 86. Tillotson’s wife, Nancy, confirmed the news in a ...

Poetry in the 21st century is both ubiquitous and oddly peripheral. Verses are displayed on subway walls, recited on momentous occasions, and served up in giant fonts on social media, but rarely ...

Rupi Kaur began performing spoken word poetry in 2009 and released her first book, "milk and honey", in 2014. But it is her activity on Instagram that propelled her to stardom. She now has 4.3 ...

Jane (Veitzman) Muschenetz, MBA ’06, writes poetry that bridges the gap between science and art. Jane Muschenetz’s poems don’t look like the sonnets you remember studying in high school English.

Spoken Word Poetry has been around for millennia. The advent of language, which conservative estimates put at about 60,000 years ago, made it natural for oral tradition to become man’s primary ...

describes the event as the "biggest and best new poetry festival in the country" He said it will be a "lot of fun" with performances from some of the legends of the spoken word along with ...

A non-profit organisation which aims to change lives through poetry is coming to Bolton this weekend for an open mic spoken word event. Write Out Loud, a national community interest company ...