For “The Favorite Poem Project,” I chose a well-known sonnet of Shakespeare’s because I love how it speaks to readers today.

Between the two world wars, Charleston experienced a blossoming of urban pride propelled largely by the members of the ...

Poetry provides all these treasures and, even if we accept one of them, it restores our ability to cope, and our sense of ...

It comes after a theatre production of the kids’ classic Three Little Pigs was slammed for slapping on a trigger warning NURSERY rhyme Hickory Dickory Dock has been given a trigger warning after ...

For Jeremy Bentham, a philosopher, poetry was simply writing that “fails” to reach the end of the line. For W.H. Auden, a poet, poetry was that which “makes nothing happen”. Arnold Bennett, a writer, ...

A poem can lift the spirits and nourish the soul. This week, let’s all learn one together! Meet your poem Rhythm and rhyme Made in N.Y.C. Greet the day Keep your poem By A.O. Scott and Aliza ...

Tackling unseen poetry is simultaneously one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences of the English language arts classroom. It’s rewarding because students get the chance to read the poem ...

The poem is called "Boddi Maes Gwyddno", The Drowning of the Land of Gwyddno, and tells the early version of story where the maiden Mererid is held responsible for allowing the deluge that floods the ...

Teaching poetry is daunting for high school teachers. Nevertheless, we know that effective poetry instruction is good for students. It is an opportunity to explore often-underutilized speaking and ...

I’d gone out to rake leaves, lay compost and weed the artichokes we grow on the strip between the sidewalk and the street. I’d been a bit impatient, grumpy even, hacking away. I also discovered that ...