Located on campus, the UA Poetry Center remains one of the most expansive collections of contemporary poetry in the nation. A lot of people may not think Tucson is the place to be if you are a poet, ...

Poets and writers are always playing around with words and their meanings—but some take that linguistic jiggery-pokery to the next level. The five poems listed here are each an extraordinary example ...

Poetry allows us to explore the depths of what means to be human. It evokes emotion, imagination, and connection between author and reader. Perhaps because these compositions represent the most human ...

“There are things that are important beyond all this fiddle.” That’s how “Poetry,” Marianne Moore’s early 20th century poem about the venerable art form, is presented via a wholly new art form, the ...

Forget expensive Valentine's Day gifts for him, shouting to hear each other at a crowded restaurant, forking over your life savings for Valentine's Day chocolates of indeterminate flavors or desserts ...

When the earthquake and tsunami struck Japan in March 2011, Yuri Yamamoto was living far from home. She was born in Tokyo, but has lived in North Carolina since the '80s. Even so, she felt a need to ...

It’s #WorldPoetryDay! Celebrate with us by enjoying these examples of incredible literature and personal expression by poets from across the African continent. Bassey Ikpi, a Nigerian-born but America ...

The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) and Macmillan Children’s Books (MCB) have launched The Big Amazing Poetry Project. The initiative marks 30 years of MCB’s poetry list for children ...

To anyone who thinks that poetry is mostly written by stuffy, old dead men, think again – because there’s a whole new group of poets taking the literary world by storm... and they’re kids. Kate ...