Six and a half years ago, some folks at Collaborative Arts Insurgency began hosting a weekly, guerrilla-style poetry slam on a Mission District street corner that has taken on a life of its own. What ...

On Saturday, poets of every stripe will take to the streets for Philadelphia Poetry Day. Dozens of poets — and would-be poets — will position themselves on stages, on street corners, and in shopping ...

April is Poetry Month, and there’s an abundance of new poetry books for children. Here’s a closer look: Since the post of Children’s Poet Laureate was created several years ago, three people have held ...