An animation exploring the life of Robert Burns, a poet renowned for his celebration of his Scottish identity.

Sometimes poems are short and rhythmic like a song. Sometimes they are long narratives with characters and plot lines like a story. So why do we read and write poems? For the writer, a poem is a way ...

Charleston, SC, Nov. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Square-dancing ants? Horses that eat ice cream? Gladiators who fall asleep in the arena? Readers will find all this and more in a collection of ...

Poetry Month is often the time we remember to teach and read poems with kids and help our children write poetry. But you can read and write poetry with kids all year long–not just during Poetry Month!

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 ...

WHEN Caroline and John Kennedy Jr. were growing up – in the White House and elsewhere, afterward – they didn’t give presents on birthdays and holidays. “Instead,” Caroline Kennedy tells The Post, “my ...