By the time Levertov reached the Agnus Dei, however, a deeper change was in effect. “The experience of writing the poem,” she said, “had been also a conversion process.” She’d set down the first words ...

Ms. Sklarew began writing poetry at age 7 or 8, sequestered at home with frequent strep infections in the years before penicillin brought an end to her isolation. She was still working up until ...

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

We poets need to sharpen our observation of sensory ... professional development and classroom workshops in writing, comprehension strategies, and public speaking for students K-12.

“She was the kind of poet who always responded to the moment,” the writer Edwidge Danticat, who also was born in Haiti, said in an interview. Danticat recalled that at one point while writing ...