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A small crowd gathered on Thursday evening to hear Mark Strand, the Andrew MacLeish Professor on the Committee on Social Thought, read poetry as part of the Divinity School’s 2004 John Nuveen Lecture.

Poet Roger Stevens reveals his techniques for writing a poem on a specific topic Sometimes poems arrive out of nowhere. You see or hear something that triggers a thought: crows line up on a piece of ...

Happy World Poetry Day: "Practiced throughout history – in every culture and every continent – poetry speaks to our common humanity and our shared values, transforming the simplest of poems into a ...

An infestation of snails, a spider chef’s “fresh fly pie,” rather rude flocks of “polka bats” and a shampoo-selling “bathtub driver” with a one-legged duck--these creations from Calef Brown’s wacky ...

World Poetry Day is celebrated on March 21 annually to promote the reading, writing, and teaching of poetry throughout the world. World Poetry Day also aims to promote poetry as a means of preserving ...

Anyone can take part in the day, whether quietly on your own, or with others. Here is everything you need to know about the annual celebration. What is the history of National Poetry Day? National ...