William Shakespeare is the bestselling poet of all time. The word 'poetry' is from the Greek term poiesis, which means 'making'. The oldest written poem is the Epic of Gilgamesh originating from ...

Editor’s intro: Today, Bertha Rogers, teaching artist with Teachers & Writers Collaborative, shares how poetry can teach the world and make students feel at home in it. She also shares tips and ...

To introduce or review and practice recognizing the parallels between literary devices and their anologuess in 2D visual art, such as symbolism, irony, allusion, repetition, mood, and personification ...

Nonsense poetry does not always make sense. Poets will use made-up words alongside real words, and talk about made-up things like imaginary creatures. It’s lots of fun to read and is usually very ...

In 2019, the eminent Australian songwriter Paul Kelly published Love is Strong as Death, an anthology of poems that have inspired and challenged him over the years, a number of which he has set to ...

In the debut author’s The Poet Empress (Bramble, Jan.), set in a world where poetry is magic but women aren’t allowed to read, a peasant girl becomes a prince’s concubine.