During a dry period of writing, Creative Writing Associate Professor Maggie Dietz felt the stirrings of a new poem. Lines from “If You Would Let Me” came to her in waking dreams, she says. Several ...

Evanston Public Library hosted a Poetry Playspace event, inviting participants to learn about poetry and write together, in ...

The title of Dennis Maloney’s “Clearing the Stream” (Walton Well Press, 2026, 143 pages) could be a metaphor for public ...

Eucalyptus trees have been scattered across California since the 1850s, when they were brought over by Australians flocking ...

Poet, philosopher, and suffragist Julia Ward Howe wrote a rallying cry in 1861 that would resonate for more than a ...

With a distinguished literary and intellectual tradition dating back to its founding in 1926, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference will bring emerging writers together to work with a diverse and ...

Poetry enthusiasts are invited to a two-day workshop led by poet Richard Tillinghast. The event, titled "Voyages of Discovery, Sharpening of Tools," is scheduled for 2–5 p.m. May 16–17 at First ...

Now that we’ve memorized the first half of our poem, let’s learn a little more about the man who wrote it. (Haven’t memorized anything yet? Click here to start at the beginning.) For most of his life, ...

Jake Skeets’s new poetry book, Horses, examines the implications of climate change inside his tribal community and the relationship between the land and the body. While apocalyptic at times, Horses ...

The Vermont Studio Center is set to celebrate National Poetry Month with a reading featuring three Vermont poets. The event is scheduled for 2 p.m. on April 19 at the Red Mill, 80 Pearl St., Johnson, ...

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Poetry in Ukraine is playing a vital role in processing trauma and bolstering resistance amid the ongoing war launched by Russia. Ukrainian war poetry does not make for comfortable reading. Indeed, ...