When children write poetry, they often jump in with only a vague idea then follow where it leads — adults can do that, too, ...

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 ...

He has published 12 books of poetry, including, most recently, Fall Higher and Bender: New & Selected Poems. Young’s poetry is nothing if not a marvelous conundrum. He has said that “to tie too close ...

More than 34 young Mainers over 10 years have seen their books published as part of the Young Emerging Authors program at ... wrote a book of poetry called “Untranslatable Honeyed Bruises ...

Tennessee Voices, Episode 300: Alora Young, poet and author of 'WALKING GENTRY HOME' The Tennessee Voices podcast brings readers conversations with authors of insightful and compelling guest columns.

Poetry can be many things, and vulnerable is one of them. Former-US Poet Laureate and essayist Rita Dove says, “Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.” I agree.

Kaveh Akbar is an up-and-coming young poet who has won numerous awards for poems that explore ... Iranian American author pens a portrait of the poet as a young man . Jan. 29, 2024 at 6:00 ...

The My Town Mississippi Poetry Project, launched in Fall 2022 in collaboration with the Mississippi Center for the Book, and the Mississippi Young Writers Poetry Festival are made possible by a ...

The author C.S. Lewis said, "You can make anything by writing." And that's just what poet Frances Kakugawa has done. She's made a name and a life for herself, thanks ...

Johnson said all of her books, including her debut young adult novel "You Should See Me in a Crown" — which made Time's 100 Best YA Books of All Time list — are set in Indiana.