Think again. There are endless amounts of silly, whimsical and funny poems sure to give you a chuckle. Below, you’ll find a ...

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“I wanted to, like, write a poem about me getting on a two-wheel bike for the first time when I was six years old. And so from that I started adding more things,” said the fifth grade ...

Get to know the faces behind the creative writing program. Professors Francisco Cantú, Kindall Gray and Sara Sams all provide ...

And the love story is clearly not a main focus of “Iliad,” as Troilus is dead by the time the poem begins. “For me, though, it’s more about everybody’s individual struggle with the monster of war,” ...

In its 20th anniversary, The Louisiana Book Festival honored the authorship and artistry of Louisiana’s literary heritage ...

The old crowd knew their place. Don’t say a word. Quick now. The table’s free. Good evening, ladies. Do ignore us. Thank you. Sean O'Brien's most recent collection of poems, Embark ...

Walter Bargen and Barbara Leonhard, two poets known and well-loved in mid-Missouri, recently released dispatches into the ...

My boys are getting bored, and that’s not good for ... “I wonder if I will miss the moss,” by Jane Mead, and his own poem “Mother.” The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss her ...

The word 'poetry' is from the Greek term poiesis ... Don’t worry about not ‘getting’ it, especially at first – just work with what you can find and often you’ll get an understanding ...

The Illinois native is the author of two collections of poetry: “Thief in the Interior,” which was the winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and a Lambda Literary Award and “Mutiny,” which was a ...