Poet and author Charles Ghigna shares the story of a poem he wrote after waking up to his infant son's babbling over a nursery monitor.

I think I’m more perceptive, a better observer of both art and the people I love. When I catch myself mindlessly reaching for my phone, the poems act as a slap on the wrist: Put down the phone.

Poets Safia Elhillo, Jamila Woods and members of the Stanford Spoken Word Collective shared poems both personal and political ...

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What does war look like from the inside? Ask Congo’s young slam poets.

On World Poetry Day, actor Siddhant Chaturvedi recalls writing his first poem at 15. It was his own version of Daffodils by ...

From Paco to INJI to Cameron Whitcomb, you won't want to miss these rising stars Daniela Avila is an editorial assistant at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2021. Her work previously ...

Explore the powerful poetry of former New America Fellows Sarah Kay and Clint Smith, reflecting on culture and the transformative power of words.

It’s one of those classic short poems about life that can change the way you think. Beautiful, also, are the souls of my people. One of America’s most famous poets, Langston Hughes was a key ...

A failed poultry farmer and a listless homesteader, he never quite fit in with the country people who populate ... to track each poem’s influences can be tiresome. My appreciation of the exquisi ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with John Himmelman about his new collection of illustrated poems for children, "The Boy Who Lived in ...