I was interested, among other things, in asking what happens when we compare the language of real estate copy with more obvious forms of poetry. If you read a real estate ad with the same attention ...

My guest today is Barbara Loots (rhymes with Goats), who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. Barbara is another poet who found her calling early and was writing poems by 3rd grade. She says she even made ...

Poet and publisher Spencer Madsen mines the :-)s and :-(s of modern life. Spencer Madsen is a writer who will, with equal enthusiasm, tweet a selfie of his butt and write the sincerest, saddest line ...

Poetry, perhaps more than any other genre, shows us how important it is to connect with a real human presence. The class I am ...

I often try to capture the poetry of the urban landscape with my pen, but this is the first time I’ve come across actual poems on the streets. On Capitol Hill’s Aloha Street, I found Mary Kollar’s ...

As the author of books in verse for kids and teens, I often visit schools and talk about poetry. When I ask who their favorite poets are, “Shel Silverstein” is a regular answer. I’ve identified his ...

Tell Me More continues its national poetry month series "Muses and Metaphor." Chicago poet Malcolm London and writer MK Asante share their Twitter poems. And now it's time for Muses and Metaphor. That ...

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