One of America’s foremost Black poets, Hughes writes that dreams are essential to a happy life. That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse. Here’s another poem made famous ...

To capture their experiences, Save the Children invited children from countries around the world to write short poems about COVID-19, life under lockdown ... I dream about seeing my best friend and ...

Heather Lende, Alaska's previous Writer Laureate, shares a poem read on a cold, dark night during a dinner with friends.

Among Rossetti’s best known poems is this short work about ... of The Twelve Days Of Christmas as a song, but it started life as a poem. Here, just to make sure you know all the gifts you ...

Writer Ken Slesarik turned to poetry, both reading it and writing it, after the death of his son. He explains how poetry has ...