Walter Bargen, Missouri's first poet laureate, offers advice for people willing to embrace the world and be surprised.

Any full-time elementary or secondary school teacher or educator working in a public, private, or parochial school in ...

Gov. Jim Pillen appointed Omaha author and performer Jewel Rodgers as Nebraska's new state poet. Rodgers, 27, is the youngest ...

The subject line of the email said, "What if..." Editor Amos Bridges explains how a weekly column about poetry found a place ...

THOMASVILLE — Author Carole B. Weatherford was in first grade when she spoke her first poem on the way to school. “My mother pulled the car over and had me repeat it so she could write it ...

It's all about getting keiki excited about conserving water. The annual Board of Water Supply Conservation Week Poetry and ...

Given the dismal state of things, a lot of millennials have been realizing just how good they had it growing up. The web seemed simpler in the late ’90s and early ’00s ― cozier and more close-knit, ...

As the official biographer of Alice Walker, I spent nearly a decade researching the art and activism of a writer whose ...

In grade school at Sequiota Elementary ... and he chose one he liked best: "Poetry from Daily Life." Two days later he emailed to say he had the first 10 contributors lined up.

Heather Paul-Tillery reads her original poem "Oh Whale" January 6, 2025 • Heather Paul-Tillery reads her original poem ...

When reading poetry a reader will interpret what it means to them. Everyone's response is different. What is imagery? Learn about how writers use imagery, the impact of imagery and how it appeals ...

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