Former Missouri Poet Laureate Maryfrances Wagner writes about the inspiration she takes from a favorite poet, Williams Carlos ...

Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a math poem.

How to write a poem How to use similes, metaphors and personification Different styles of poetry, like haikus and free verse This resource is suitable for creative writing for P2, P3, P4 ...

To introduce students to close reading poetry and using writing to understand reading; to prepare them to write a 4-6 page essay on a single poem Students have read selected poems and the chapter on ...

Something out of arm’s reach, like freedom, the stars, or you. Write an ode to misfits. A poem of praise for those who don’t belong here or there. A lyric ballad for the children of nowhere.

Poetry is often associated only with sentimental, rhyming couplets, but the literary form is so much more than this cliché and dull stereotype. If you explore it properly, poetry is so much more.

When last heard from in these pages, Swoyersville native John Yamrus had 39 published books to his credit. Now, 14 months ...