If you think poetry is a lofty art form accessible only to the intellectual elite, think again. The Poetry Center wants to get ’em while they’re young. Saturday morning was this semester’s final ...

What do G.K. Chesterton, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti and Joyce Kilmer have in common with Mother Goose? Plenty, poetically. They also all are highlighted in Poems Every Child ...

What may at first glance seem like a simple nature poem holds a deeper meaning that can teach children a lot about our world. First published in 1846, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “The Mountain and the ...

“I have a dream.” You have heard the line. But what you may not know is that the poetry of Langston Hughes influenced Martin Luther King Jr.’s best-known speech, which he delivered during the 1963 ...

CORRECTION: The Poetry Power Workshop is April 29, from 10 a.m. to noon. An earlier version of this article had the wrong time. CEDAR RAPIDS — In celebration of April as National Poetry Month, the ...

Warner-based poet and anthologist Matt Forrest Esenwine released a new anthology of children’s poetry at the start of the month. The book, titled “A Universe of Rainbows: Multicolored Poems for a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maya Angelou, an influential visual poet, and civil rights activist, remains a cornerstone in Black history. Her work inspires ...

Tom Angleberger is the author of the popular Origami Yoda series and the Flytrap Files series, as well as several other books for kids. Here he reflects on his new book, Dino Poet: A Graphic Novel, ...