We use language constantly… texting, thinking, venting, overthinking. But most of the time, we’re using words to get through the day, not to check in with ourselves. You might be saying “I’m fine” out ...

Use rhythm, repetition, and rhyme, and rearrange the found words to create your own powerful poem. What if you could write a poem without using your own words? Jeff Kass shows you how to create a ...

John Ernest, chair of the Department of English at the University of Delaware, wants to bring poetry to life, so sometimes he’ll start his classes with a dramatic reading of a poem. On more than one ...

From science to history to math, try these creative writing activities to help students process content and think deeply.

NPR's Miles Parks kicks off Poetry Month with TikTok poet Donovan Beck. His poems have gotten millions of views on TikTok. And now that we have a better sense of how to read poetry, let's talk about ...

For the latest "Morning Edition" community poem, Rachel Martin and poet Kwame Alexander ask listeners for poetry submissions. This round, the call-out is for poems in letter, or epistolary, form.

Springfield author Jo Van Arkel muses on the ability of words to "reach toward something that can't be easily explained." ...

As a follow-up to yesterday’s article featuring five poets discussing their 2021 releases, today Kelli Russell Agodon, author of Dialogues with Rising Tides (Copper Canyon Press), Tenille K. Campbell, ...