"So many heartfelt moments, particularly from like the young boys of color," Nicco Diaz said, one of the five judges at the ...

Racial identity, gratitude and the overwhelming state of current events are just a few of the topics explored by the young poets of BronxWrites – an ...

Through slam poetry that centers LGBTQ+ voices and inspirational videos that touch on navigating life with autism, Lydia Gates has fostered communities both in the heart of Flagstaff's mountain town ...

In Trigger Warning, her award-winning poem, Portland poet Jordan Wolmut dissects the concept of a slam poetry competition while taking part in one. In the poem, Benson High School senior Wolmut ...

Memories of the Children’s Crusade. A vision of alien visitations in the future. Invocations of superheroes. Fist-raising calls for change. These were all part of the 28th annual Z Experience Poetry ...

Students at Heritage Academy celebrated Black History Month with their sixth annual Poetry Slam, combining art and heritage ...

Love poems didn’t start as private confessions. For much of their history, they were closer to public performances—tools for politics, status, ...

Roses are red, yellow and even pink. I’m always interested in what you think. However sweet, two lines of rhyme might be, it’s not that, which makes a poem worthy of reading or reciting aloud. “Unless ...

Speaking at the 62nd Metro Address is nerve-wracking for anyone, especially when you have a physics test in the morning.But ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On the first brisk night of fall in Los Angeles, the self-described surrealist blues ...

On the stage at RichesArt Gallery, a microphone stands alone. The first performer steps up to the plate with words reflecting ...

literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by theuse of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature. That is the proper ...