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John Koethe spent decades as a philosophy professor. The poems in his latest collection, “Cemeteries and Galaxies,” are full ...

You know the saying "kids say the darnedest things?" As author Matt Forrest Esenwine explains, they write some pretty wild poems, too.

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Teachers can have students create comics based on poems to better understand their themes and spark meaningful conversation.

Feeling stuck or scattered? These poetry-based techniques help you slow down, name what’s real, and get clear with yourself.

Love’ is a strange thing. Sometimes, it makes you feel like you are flying, with an almost dreamy unstoppability. But then ...

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In her memoir “Things in Nature Merely Grow,” Yiyun Li tries to honor the lives, and accept the unfathomable deaths, of her ...

Often when we listen to music, we just instinctually enjoy it. Sometimes, though, it's worth dissecting a song or other composition to figure out how ...

Dennis Magliozzi and Kristina Peterson are high school English teachers in New Hampshire. They co-teach writing and teaching ...