there’s a poem for everyone,” she says. Next, decide what you want to write about. Simple as it sounds, this can often be the hardest step for writers. What do you want to say? Finally ...

A great poem can be there for you — just like other works ... What overall impression do you get? What ideas float around in your mind? What do you feel? "Those kinds of overall ...

there’s a poem for everyone,” she says. Next, decide what you want to write about. Simple as it sounds, this can often be the hardest step for writers. What do you want to say? Finally ...

The passage way into my soul. The place where you can understand what makes me laugh, cry, and even lose control. The difference from my yesterday that shows up today. My today that makes room for ...

From poet Sharon Olds: “What you know that I don’t know is what you can tell me in a poem. After all ... fresh from the mow.”) What do you hear when you walk through the woods, or along ...

Every April, in honor of National Poetry Month, we call on our audience (yes, you!) to help us celebrate the art of the verse. We asked for your original poems: haiku, couplets, free form, you ...

Memorising a poem requires focus and practice, but there are things you can do that help. Remember the story the poem is telling. Focus on the rhythm of the poem. Look at the rhyming words used in ...

You can do it and still reach your destination, but it’ll always feel like you’re missing something essential about the activity. 14. There is nothing really lost in reading a poem.

It also might be what survives you and your circumstances. This poem is about Aunt Jennifer ... Aunt Jennifer’s tigers can do as they please. They never stop moving. Like “Aunt Jennifer ...