If the young poets were nervous, it didn't show. Each of the teenage bards walked or bounded onstage and recited her or his verses with self-assurance and enthusiasm - apparently undaunted by the ...

Long Beach will host a ceremony to honor this year’s finalists for its Youth Poet Laureate contest on Saturday, May 17. The ceremony will feature performances from the 10 finalists selected for ...

One by one, the young poets took the stage at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary School in Oxnard Thursday to read their work to the crowd of families. The roughly four dozen students, graduates of the ...

Think poetry is boring? Think again. These four incredible and diverse poets are proving the genre is more vibrant than ever.

Each season, Syracuse Stage receives hundreds of submissions for the Young Playwrights Festival. Applications for this year’s event are open until February 13.

How Poetry and Performance Combined to Become a New Genre In “Spoken Word: A Cultural History,” Joshua Bennett traces the roots, rise and influence of a movement that continues to reverberate.

Benjamin Zephaniah, an author, professor and poet whose work, infused with strong social messages, helped inspire a generation of British poets to find their voices, died on Thursday. He was 65.

We spoke with four Black poets about their connection to poetry and how they hope their latest books in verse will inspire readers.

Avery r. young strutted, danced and stomped along the stage, working up a sweat as he pumped up the crowd. It was a rousing performance for Chicago’s first poet laureate, making his first public ...

Two young poets are getting their shot at being poet laureate — locally, that is. Lisa Zheng, 16, and Sabine Wolpert, 17, will represent Sonoma County as youth poet laureate and youth poet ...