Poetry Slams: Performance Plus ArtBy Joy Cagil
Performance artists of all types enjoy the awe and the kudos coming their way from the general public. In return, any concert or performance turns livelier with audience participation. During the recent decades, more and more musicians–even those in the classical music field–have begun to encourage the audience to [...]
Writing Science PoetryBy Susan Shaw
Science poetry or scientific poetry is a specialized poetic genre that makes use of science as its subject. Written by scientists and nonscientists, science poets are generally avid readers and appreciators of science and “science matters.” Science poetry may be found in anthologies, in collections, in science fiction magazines [...]
Poetry and Popular CultureBy Devrie Paradowski
Is poetry too complicated for the average reader? Is it too cryptic, scholarly? If you ask a large group of average people what they like or don’t like about poetry, you’ll get a few different answers, but there is an overwhelmingly common category of responses.
One of the main [...]
On Writing and Poetry: Harry Calhoun in ConversationBy Trina Allen
“This is just brilliant. The whole interview is incredible… I’m… REALLY appreciative of some seriously good advice from a fellow writer.” Mark Howell, Senior Writer, Solares Hill
Harry Calhoun’s picture could appear beside the dictionary definition for “journeyman.” Living proof that not all writers have to [...]
Famous Poets Quotations – Top 30 Poetry Quotations by Famous PoetsBy Danielle Hollister
“For this reason poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious attention than history.”– Aristotle
“Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his shoulders, that he is a literary aristocracy of one.”– W. H. Auden
“Eloquence [...]
Top 20 Poetry QuotationsBy Danielle Hollister
Explore the meaning of poetry and the motivation of poets with this special collection of evocative quotations…
“A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.”– Anonymous
“Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry.”– Georges Brague
“The poet doesn’t invent. He listens. “–Jean Cocteau
” In science one [...]
Mother’s Day is the best day of the year to show your mom appreciation for everything she has done for you throughout your life; Mother’s Day poems and gift ideas are great ways to show that you care. After all, raising children is a demanding and difficult job. All too often, mothers do not receive [...]
