The Marshalltown Public Library and the Arts+Culture Alliance have joined forces to host Poets + Performers, an event that is ...

For 20 years, teens from around the country have come to Washington, D.C. to compete in the national Poetry Out Loud finals.

Lest you think screens have completely taken over teens' minds, note that more than 4 million high school students have been ...

The Ukiah Library will be hosting LOBA Poetry Series featuring Felicia Martinez on Saturday, May 17 at 3 p.m. at 105 N. Main St. This free event is open to both teens and adults. All are invited to ...

Books — real books, the tangible, flip-the-pages kind — have an enduring appeal. As do bookstores — real bookstores, the brick-and-mortar, browse-and-discover kind. There is an atmosphere and culture ...

The lights are dimmed, and the congregation hears Coltrane’s spoken-word poetry from the album ... is reflected in the church’s Byzantine-style paintings (above) that depict Coltrane ...

Spoken-word poets in Cameroon are using their art form to help communities cope with traumas left by the ongoing civil war.

NEWARK - Music Village, in association with Newark-based Zin Entertainment and CryOut Cave, will present “Expressions of Love+Unity: Night of Poetry and Spoken Word” this Saturday, May 3.

If we’re being honest here, a true starter pack of modern American poetry would look something like this: “Goodnight Moon,” “Where the Sidewalk Ends,” “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.” For many of us poetry ...

These days, Anhinga Press is experimenting with Visual Poetry, a trend where the written or designed word becomes a visual image itself — a true wedding of written thought and image. And they ...

Ultimately, three poems were chosen as winners: one each for the elementary school, middle school and high school categories. The highest marks were given for originality, poignance and style.