It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...

Editor's Note: This review discusses suicide. How can poetry help us now, when practically every morning brings a fresh assault on knowledge, wisdom and safety? Amid the cruel political discourse ...

This short video shows us three different American Sign Language poems – two of which are less than a minute long. They give us an idea of poetry that is entirely out of most mainstream experience, ...

For those of us north of the equator, winter officially arrived last week. The early darkness and the chill in the air demand a change in our habits. For many, the season provokes an unmistakable turn ...

The panel discuss current thinking around teaching poetry in primary schools and its importance within the curriculum.

One of the small consolations of these shortening, post-midsummer days is that soon we’ll get to see the dawn again. Sunrise is one of nature’s more uplifting experiences, and it has inspired lots of ...