There are many reasons why poems serve as good reading material for children, which is why we created a list of funny poems for children. Those reasons include the fact that poetry helps develop a ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Alan Katz, who lives in Milford, Connecticut. Alan says, “I’ve been writing since Miss Gordon showed me the alphabet in kindergarten. But I’ve been a ...

April is National Poetry Month, and one author has come up with a way to make poetry fun for kids. Karen Jo Shapiro has taken the rhythms of famous poems and turned them into poetic parodies for ...

Kwame Alexander won the Newbery award in 2015 for his sports themed novel-in-verse The Crossover, and is now touring the country to promote its prequel, Rebound. Next spring, he’ll begin publishing ...

Leon carried out his wife’s wishes that funny poetry be read at her funeral. He assured me that when he read it, everyone laughed. And he’s pretty sure that included his wife. LaughingMarie came to me ...

Christina Thatcher does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Teacher Steve Burger witnessed what he called a teaching moment last week in his Barrington Hills classroom. It happened when Samantha Catalfamo, an 11-year-old from Barrington who typically is not ...