One of the great New Orleans-produced poets, Nicole Cooley is a master of the narratively themed collection. “The Afflicted Girls,” her 2004 volume about the Salem Witch Trials, is an unsung gem of a ...

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

as in this example by Kobayashi Issa: Everything I touch with tenderness, alas, pricks like a bramble. Although haiku is a closed form of poetry, haikus do not usually rhyme. Sometimes a poet will ...

You’ll probably know a bit about rhyme already as it is often used in poetry. Refresh your memory ... learn how rhyme schemes work and to see an example. You can work out the rhyme scheme ...

So, the past Wednesday found some 10 poets of our city, ranging from the well-known to beginners, exploring the existential ...

“Her life of service and compassion was an example for all Americans ... Jimmy Carter to illustrate his 1990s volume of his poetry "Always a Reckoning and Other Poems." She shares two children ...