Seattle Reads is the library’s citywide book group, with more than 20 programs planned in April and May, including events with U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón on May 16 and 17. Find a copy of “You Are ...

Navigate your way into this beautiful art form with this list of the most famous poems ever written. What jumps into your mind when you think of the most famous poems ever written? Shakespearean ...

What’s your favorite Langston Hughes poem? Maybe it’s one you grew up with. Maybe it’s one you stumbled across in a moment of ...

These poems display a range of stances when encountering ... still galvanizing and instructive in its honesty, bravery, and anger. She names her bodily suffering in long lyrical lines that catalog ...

Language arts teacher Chakara Bennett says she can teach poetry all day, and there are times when her students still do not ...

Rather than merely illustrating corporate omnipotence, Vara exposes the fragility of the technology itself: a nonhuman force ...

I’ve been part of different slam scenes for the past 20 years. I’ve seen a lot of bad slam poetry. I’ve performed a lot of ...

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Poetry in the 21st century is both ubiquitous and oddly peripheral. Verses are displayed on subway walls, recited on ...

The Unwind and Design Creative Studio, an inclusive art space, hosted an “Authors of the Imperial Valley” open mic night on ...

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for ...

Another underrated form of healthy rage expression that beats venting? Getting creative. Paint, write poetry, make music. (For a simple art therapy session, Stewart recommends choosing a color that ...