Poetry offers something that news and visual imagery cannot in times of crisis: depth over immediacy and meaning over spectacle. The poetry being penned by Palestinian people is an alternative archive ...

Many students read and write poetry in high school, but Pikesville poet Kendra Kopelke wants young people to listen to poetry, as well. “Poems are kind of an odd encounter with words,” she said. “To ...

“I never got poetry,” someone says to me again. And I sigh. Because I never got it either — at least, not until I learned to stop worrying about “getting it.” In fact, “get” — with its connotation of ...

A former editor introduced me to the Poetry Foundation‘s Poem of the Day. His parents were poets—not amateurs who scribbled doggerel on birthday cards, but professionals who published books and taught ...

Sometimes, English needs to be broken, according to poet Fatimah Asghar. Asghar described “brokenness” as an opportunity — a chance to use language in new ways and to address stories at the margins, ...

After a year of the pandemic, poet Tess Taylor highlights some poems reflecting on the changing meaning of "home" over the past few months. For many people, the last year has been one of illness, loss ...

Isolated and fatigued by the pandemic over the last two years, existential questions have consumed many of our minds. What is the meaning of our lives? How should we be spending our time? Poets are ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...