But growing up, the 26-year-old'sview of poetry was heavily influenced by those two men, "both of whom were writers who have experiences that I didn't identify with as a working-class Salvadoran girl ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maya Angelou, an influential visual poet, and civil rights activist, remains a cornerstone in Black history. Her work inspires ...

Use rhythm, repetition, and rhyme, and rearrange the found words to create your own powerful poem. What if you could write a poem without using your own words? Jeff Kass shows you how to create a ...

It may feel like a lifetime ago, but it was only last year that Amanda Gorman was catapulted to global fame after a poignant recital of her poem “The Hill We Climb” emerged as one of the undeniable ...

Paul Laurence Dunbar, who wrote during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, is credited as one of the first influential ...

Is it just me, or is Poetry Month everywhere this year? Poet Mary Ruefle had something to say about this: Every April, since the establishment of National Poetry Month, I receive a call from my local ...

A Windsor High School junior will take his demanding stage presence to a national audience, performing poetry that speaks to his identity as a person of color. “I am the Smoke King. I am Black,” ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Maya Angelou, one of the most celebrated voices in modern American literature, used her poetry as a profound medium to explore themes of identity, resilience, love, and the African ...

Hundreds of millions of poetic words have been written throughout history. Navigate your way into this beautiful art form with this list of the most famous poems ever written. What jumps into your ...