Poet Susan Elizabeth Sweeney, a professor at College of the Holy Cross, is the Worcester County Poetry Association's 2026 ...

The Whitman Public Library will host 'Poem's Calling' on May 6, featuring local poets and an open mic session.

Poets and alumni will perform at a May 22 show at Pioneer High School to honor retiring teacher Jeff Kass and support ...

This article was originally published in the Book Swap newsletter. Don't miss next month's edition. Sign up to get it in your ...

“It’s one of the moments of Western consciousness,” says Frederick Seidel, 90, the author of more than a dozen collections of ...

Former CBC Poetry Prize finalist and reader discussed why she keeps entering the CBC Literary Prizes. The 2026 CBC Poetry ...

To paraphrase Audre Lorde, we need poetry because there are no new ideas — only new ways of making them felt. "And, boy, do ...

Milagro, a Southeast Portland Latinx arts center, is presenting "Brown Face" by Carissa Atallah, a production that follows ...

Washington state poet laureate Derek Sheffield has some advice: “More sky time instead of screen time.” As a naturalist and poet, Sheffield constantly explores relationship to nature through his work, ...

Most performers at the Uptown Poetry Slam get one poem; Del Valle, who made a surprise appearance for National Poetry Month, ...

We asked ten literary experts to recommend the climate poem that has spoken to them most powerfully. Their answers span over ...