At its best, poetry is a reminder of the beauty of life,” Álanna Hammel of The Purple and Gold Writers’ Collective says. Sometimes, this beauty can be something we can lose sight of. Sometimes, our ...

This week’s Poetry Connection poem comes from longtime conference attendee, Toni Bixby. She attended two morning sessions of ...

I’d read poetry from poets like Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, Emily Dickinson, and Maya Angelou. Carl Sandburg wrote, “Poetry is the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air.

Longtime LAist correspondent, Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, has reported on local stories for decades, traveling and meeting people ...

Need to solve a challenging problem? Read or write some poetry! Compelling research demonstrates that poetry can accelerate ...

Mary Margaret Hughes, who got her start in classrooms and on stages in Springfield, writes about how creativity and ...

RFK Jr. said many autistic people will never write a poem − even though there’s a rich history of neurodivergent poets and writers By Bradley J. Irish , Arizona State University April 29, 2025 ...

I’d read poetry from poets like Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, Emily Dickinson, and Maya Angelou. Carl Sandburg wrote, “Poetry is the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air.