Human speech is rich with rhythm. As a person speaks, certain syllables are naturally emphasized, whereas others blend into the background. In this way, regular conversation becomes poetic. Language ...

Robert Frost once said, “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” So it’s no surprise that educators who want their students to think, feel, and express ...

What is it about life’s big and little moments that calls for a poem? At weddings. At funerals. On greeting cards. In church. On the radio. At moments of great happiness or deep sadness. At beginnings ...

What happens when poetry is not just read, but heard line by line, heart to heart, and interpreted in a room that listens? The boardroom at Sister Nivedita University turned into just such a space for ...

Former Quad City Poet Laureate Dale Haake will teach a free workshop on how to read your poetry out loud from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m.Thursday, March 31, at theMidwest Writing Center, in the Bucktown Center ...

For a lighter take on the environment, clever poems about an array of animals abound in Animal Tracks: Wild Poems to Read Aloud by Charles Ghigna, illus. by John Speirs, a companion to Animal Trunk.

Come let nature nurture you in this politically stressful day and age. On Oct. 15 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pembroke Town library, two special friends will read aloud their peaceful poems from ...

After eating Arab cuisine and listening to musician Ronnie Malley play the oud on stage, Northwestern’s Middle Eastern and North African Student Association shared Arabic-based poems with each other ...