How many poems do you know by heart? Not nursery rhymes or limericks, but poems of subtle structure and nuance, written in iambic pentameter, dactylic hexameter, AABB, or blank verse. If you are like ...

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Mother’s Day poems for kids can help children express love and gratitude through heartfelt verses, making school celebrations ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this story incorrectly listed the number of performers who could qualify for prizes of $1,000-$20,000, plus money for their schools, in the national Poetry Out Loud ...

Passwords, logins. Those, we know by heart. They are the keys that open our technological doors, and lock others out. But I’m not sure we still commit beauty to memory; the poetry and even Bible verse ...

What an a-muse-ment park! Local bards will take their verse to new heights by reciting Coney Island-inspired poetry to thrillseekers on the Wonder Wheel at Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park on May 8.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Nancy Wells, the University at Buffalo’s vice president for philanthropy and alumni relations, and Robin Shulze, dean of the UB College of Arts and Sciences, ...

When spoken word poets Sarah Kay and Andrea Gibson come together, magic happens. Their collaborative reading at the Paradise Rock Club on Tuesday was a melding of art forms. With interspersed bursts ...

Estefana Bautista-Cruz never imagined herself as a writer. But the 28-year-old of Hillsboro stood confidently at the podium Wednesday morning in Pacific University's Marsh Hall and recited three of ...