I hate sharing my poetry with people. I don’t mean that I get all sheepish and a little red in the face, but bashfully and begrudgingly do it anyway. No, I mean that I abhor it. It’s counterintuitive, ...

The weather might be cold and frightful, but there’s a fabulous time to be had with friends and family at the Langston Hughes Community Library & Cultural Center in Corona ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. --A Golden Valley teenager is a national champion - because of the powerful way she chooses her words. Armstrong High School senior Stella Wright put together a poem about ...

Grammy-considered poet and Pharr Poet Laureate Amanda Puryear El returns with Nightly Dosage, a deeply personal spoken-word ...

Caleb Rainey, a spoken word poet known as "The Negro Artist," performs at the newly-formed House of Words event for poets and other performing artists on Nov. 21 in Iowa City. (Elijah Decious/The ...

For many creatives, poetry is an art form. For Fiifi Abban, it is a lifeline—his lens for understanding society, confronting uncomfortable truths, and amplifying stories that often go unheard. Since ...

Poet and musician Saul Williams discusses his Grammy-nominated album "Saul Williams meets Carlos Nino and Friends at ...

Poetry has taken off in the past decade, with a resurgence, especially amongst young people. Written poetry, poetry ...

Al Hassan knows a thing or two about global conflict. “I’ve gone through war, genocide, poverty, myself firsthand, and I know ...

Joe Coelho looks at how poetry can be performed, bringing the words to life rather than keeping them on the printed page, in ...

Whether you like poetry or not, prepare to be blown away by this magical spoken word poem from Efe Paul Azino. In this piece, Azino thoughtfully arranges a short story that explores the topic of ...