The second edition of Dr. Tom Hunley’s book The Poetry Gymnasium has been published, following the first edition which was published in 2012. The new edition features “110 proven [poetry writing] ...

Poetry in the 21st century is both ubiquitous and oddly peripheral. Verses are displayed on subway walls, recited on momentous occasions, and served up in giant fonts on social media, but rarely do ...

April is National Poetry Month and we'll continue the tradition, started by Constance Alexander, of sharing poems from you on the air each weekday. We're inviting everyone to write short poems (30 - ...

Never more than six or seven lines long—and some are just a few words—each poem in Janeczko’s (A Foot in the Mouth) spirited anthology celebrates an aspect of the seasons. Evocative and accessible, ...

Alison Pelegrin presents on Lifelines Poetry Project at the Louisiana Arts Summit. As Louisiana Poet Laureate, Alison Pelegrin, writer in residence at Southeastern Louisiana University, is Louisiana’s ...

As Louisiana Poet Laureate, Alison Pelegrin, writer in residence at Southeastern Louisiana University, is Louisiana’s acting literary ambassador. She was named for her two-year tenure in 2023, and ...

Poet Laureate Jason Magabo Perez envisioned Saturday’s Poetry Futures 2024 Coda at the UC San Diego Cross-Cultural Center as both a culmination of his two-year tenure and a new beginning. Perez ...

There are stretches for flexibility and then there are their lesser-discussed counterparts: mobility exercises. Just like we need our joints and muscles to be loose and pain-free for good-quality ...

Though most indicators of violent crime in California have recently trended downward, intimate partner violence is on the rise, particularly crimes against women. At Valley State Prison (VSP), ...