One way to think of poems is as the stories of a moment. All art, at its root, is a way of telling stories. Even paintings — ...

Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a "Just Like (blank)" poem.

Watch the celebrated actress recite Maria Woodford’s ‘elegy for a nissan micra’ which came out on top in this year’s time-themed contest ...

Turning your experiences into fiction is a creative and effective way to deal with heartache. Create characters, settings, and plots based on what you've experienced, but give yourself the freedom to ...

Connie started writing poems in first grade. Her first book of poetry, “I’m Going to Pet a Worm Today,” was published in 1991, when she was 60 years old. She is a former elementary grade ...

Through poetry, Ariv Gupta shows how being your true self is the key to connection. The third-year computer science student ...

In celebration of National Poetry Month, Write Action is sponsoring a special 2025 Poems Around Town event, and has issued a call for poetry submissions.

Myra Sklarew, a poet and teacher who found inspiration for her graceful, meditative verses in the natural world, her Jewish heritage and her early years working with rhesus monkeys at a research lab, ...