We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

The arts are often written off as worthless, or certainly not worth the federal funding that they receive. But young poets ...

As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems as well. I often hear from peers and students that ...

And poetry helped incarcerated young people learn that even if their pasts were painful, they still had the power to define their future ... found the Phoenix Youth Poet Laureate program, which ...