When you fall in love, you sort of losing all rationality. So, you have to really think when it comes to writing poetry. Whether you're in a relationship or you're hoping to be in one with someone in ...

I’m a nonfiction writer who has dabbled in fiction writing over the years. I hope to do more of both, but now I also feel called to write poetry. I enjoy the idea of packing big ideas into small ...

We live in prosaic times. Corporations market ever harder. Nonprofits, in their way, do too. Our government focuses on base allegations while the people struggle to make ends meet So a few minutes to ...

Google Poems are by far the simplest example of the art form this side of limericks. To create your very own piece, simply type part of a phrase into Google. The search engine’s autocomplete feature ...

“Here’s the problem — is it a problem? — with writers and poets: we think every moment is worthy of a poem,” Ada Limón tells Bustle. “When people say they can’t find anything to write about, I realize ...

Over the years, NPR's poetry community has turned both painful and joyful experiences into magnificent work. As the world still endures the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. also grieves over increased ...

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