For those who follow poetry challenges on Morning Edition, our new one involves a vocabulary lesson: ekphrastic. Ekphrastic poems respond to a piece of art. According to the Poetry Foundation: Through ...

Over 126 million Americans are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. After a long year, it feels like we can all take a breath. Throughout the pandemic, we've learned a lot. No one is coming out of ...

Our poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander is a big fan of the power nap. Research shows how restorative naps can be. Has it been that way for you? Tell us in the form of a poem. For inspiration, Alexander ...

That noted philosopher, Robin Williams, once suggested that college can destroy almost anyone’s love of poetry. “Hours of boring analysis, dissection and criticism will see to that,” he said, and ...

PORTSMOUTH — The sounds of soft guitar strums ring out as guests walk up to the white tent on the Portsmouth Public Library lawn, the lyrics of the song adding a weight to the already heavy and humid ...

Many of the most memorable poems ever written came from daily life. When we write about ourselves, we are on familiar ground. A poem is the most concise way of expressing what we want to say. It can ...

More than 70 people contributed to The Chronicle‘s National Poetry Month Contest, which asked for poems inspired by John Keats’s “On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer.” Many of the entries were, like ...

Kwame Alexander, our poet-in-residence, loves power naps. Write a poem about how a nap helps you restore, and it may be read on Morning Edition. Poetry Challenge: Tell us how naps restore you Our poet ...