Here is a step-by-step guide on how to write a love poem for that one person you can't stop thinking about.

Just writing what happens, and knowing a lot of it won’t work and that what works will work not because of technique, mainly, ...

Poet Ellen Hopkins, who lives in Cape Girardeau, shares some advice — and several poems as examples — of how to incorporate humor into verse.

A tragedy during his youth left Gregory Orr confused and disillusioned. Now, the University of Virginia professor believes poetry has helped him live and heal.

A seven-minute declaration by Native Americans, Latinos, Asians, Blacks, Jews, whites and immigrants from Africa brought different perspectives on the American experience and what unity means to them.

Recently awarded a fellowship from the Academy of American Poets, Ray McNiece aims to bring the local poetry scene together in his “Poem for Cleveland” project.

Contemporary politically committed poets have made a cottage industry of agonizing over the question of whether their Leftist bona fides actually make any difference.