Most introductions, especially introductions to poetry collections, are written to be ignored. No one picks up an anthology looking forward to a terrific introduction: The whole point is the poems, ...

This workshop is designed to introduce you to the history of poetry today and provide a toolbox of techniques. In each workshop session, writing assignments or prompts will be provided as well as ...

“Many people say they don’t ‘get’ poetry,” says Ben Jackson. “I don’t always ‘get’ it either. But I know what my body feels, I know what my mind processes, and that’s enough for me to find my way into ...

The American Poetry Review is dedicated to reaching a worldwide audience with a diverse array of the best contemporary poetry and literary prose. APR also aims to expand the audience interested in ...

Oxford University Press has brought out a series of booklets aimed at introducing leading Urdu poets to the common reader. So I have before me twenty such booklets, each offering a brief introduction ...

Introducing very young children to art and poetry can be daunting. Do you push them in strollers through museums? Read them everyone from Dr. Seuss to Shakespeare? How can it hurt? But, does it engage ...

Reading is writing, writing is reading and it's a good idea not to judge yourself with what you read. Especially poetry for young people. These are things that have helped me throughout the years. I ...

Modern Poetry of Pakistan offers many offshoots of the classical tradition of Muslim poetry in India. Although Amir Khusrau (1253-1325), considered by some to be the first poet writing in a ...

“Let’s start with a clean slate,” says instructor Ben Jackson. “I don’t ‘get’ poetry either. I never have. But I know what my body feels, I know what my mind processes, and that’s enough for me to ...