Do you find poetry intimidating? Do you race past the poems in The New Yorker on your way to the fiction or the cartoons? Have you persuaded yourself that you'll "just never get it?" Join the South ...

This week’s guest on “Poetry from Daily Life” is Marilyn Singer, who divides her time between Brooklyn, New York and Washington, Connecticut. Marilyn has been a writer for fifty years and enjoys many ...

Human speech is rich with rhythm. As a person speaks, certain syllables are naturally emphasized, whereas others blend into the background. In this way, regular conversation becomes poetic. Language ...

To paraphrase Audre Lorde, we need poetry because there are no new ideas — only new ways of making them felt. "And, boy, do ...

April is National Poetry Month and a good time to consider beginning a poetry writing practice for yourself and/or your clients. Poetry is a powerful creative endeavor that keeps us in the moment and ...

Step 2: Commit to reading one poem a day. Read out loud whenever possible and read each poem more than once. Jot down the ...