Can poetry still matter in a fast-moving world? Bay Area writers weighs in

UC Berkeley literature professor Jesse Nathan explores why poetry endures in "One Question: Short Conversations with Poets," ...

Why Writing a Poem with Your Name Could Help You Manifest Your Goals

If you enjoy poetry or simply love words, you can creatively channel that same energy for manifestation with an acrostic poem ...
The New York Times

Find a Headline, Write a Poem

A form called the Golden Shovel honors the poet Gwendolyn Brooks, and you just need a newspaper to get started. By Leah Umansky Celebration and honor are two touchstones of the poetic tradition. With ...
The New York Times

The Shape of the Void: Toward a Definition of Poetry

“Poetry leaves something out,” our columnist Elisa Gabbert says. But that’s hardly the extent of it. By Elisa Gabbert I once heard a student say poetry is language that’s “coherent enough.” I love a ...
The Atlantic

Why So Many MIT Students Are Writing Poetry

One of the highlights of my first three years as a literature professor at MIT—and indeed, of my 15-year career as an educator—has been the recent discovery that some of my students, past and present, ...