John Ernest, chair of the Department of English at the University of Delaware, wants to bring poetry to life, so sometimes he’ll start his classes with a dramatic reading of a poem. On more than one ...

Poetry therapy uses poems, stories, song lyrics, imagery, and more to help people overcome a range of conditions including suicidal thoughts.

It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...

WE all remember the noble tribute to Oxford paid by Matthew Arnold, himself one of her noblest sons. But let me recall once more that exquisite vision: — Beautiful city! so venerable, so lovely, so ...

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It is a very unpleasant fact, says British Poet-Novelist Leonard A. G. Strong, that many children enter school with a natural liking for poetry and are taught to dislike it. Who is to blame? Why, the ...

Frances Kakugawa is a firm believer that the act of caring for another human being can inspire poetry. She knows this from experience, having cared for her mother, Matsue, who was diagnosed with ...