CORRECTION: The Poetry Power Workshop is April 29, from 10 a.m. to noon. An earlier version of this article had the wrong time. CEDAR RAPIDS — In celebration of April as National Poetry Month, the ...

In “Upstream,” a book of essays, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver wrote: “Attention is the beginning of devotion.” I believe attention is not only the beginning of devotion but also of wisdom, ...

Poetry, for most of us, is something our ninth grade English teacher made us write and read. But poetry has been a part of our history dating back 4,000 years. Topics range from love to loss. It has ...

September’s 1st Thursday typewriter poetry event presented five poets typing up free poems, along with music provided by the local duo The Gruntled, Mark Zolezzi and Jesse Felix. Poets included two ...

Hey friend, I have a question for you: Have you given yourself time to feel what comes out of the blue? Have you had time to release your burdens? On Thursday, UConn Poetic Release, UConn ...

This week on the JOURNAL, Bill Moyers spoke with actor and author John Lithgow about his work and the enduring power of great poetry. Lithgow, best known for starring in NBC's hit show 3RD ROCK FROM ...

It’s already April, which means that National Poetry Month is upon us once again. This is a time to celebrate poets and poetry. While those in the literary and poetry communities are honoring this ...

Here is why the arts, including poetry, matter in high school. A student I know, writing about herself in the third person, addresses a problematic teacher: “you wait for her to / trip and fall / she ...

This week on the JOURNAL, Bill Moyers spoke with actor and author John Lithgow about his work and the enduring power of great poetry. Lithgow, best known for starring in NBC's hit show 3RD ROCK FROM ...

Seamus Heaney matters, perhaps even more than he should, to many who are interested in poetry, in Ireland, or in both. For many critics the two blur. Of North, for example, Conor Cruise O’Brien said, ...