In honor of National Black Poetry Day, here are 20 contemporary Black poets we think you should be reading all year round. Every year, the mainstream literary gates seem to open just that much ...

We fear it’s on its way out – so National Poetry Day has never been more vital. From entertaining youngsters to comforting adults in life’s darkest moments, there is a poem for every occasion.

National Poetry Month will be celebrated in Alachua County with a four-day poetry festival featuring local and national poets. ARTSPEAKSgnv will host the 2nd annual Bard & Broadside: North Central ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — National Poetry Day is observed every year on the first Thursday in October. Poetry lovers enjoy the literary style for its rhyme, rhythm, cadence and creative language.

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: If you need a little poetry in your day, usually you have to open a book or pull it up on a screen. But for National Poetry Month, Oregon's poet laureate has started a hotline.

National Poem in Your Pocket Day is Friday, April 29, and it’s the perfect day to dive into a good poetry book. Whether you’re on an emotional healing journey, or you want to escape to a world ...

It can only replicate. So, whether it’s on National Poetry Day or any other date, try to experience poetry created, crafted and performed by people. Online too.

Two Birmingham arts organizations are pairing with the National Park Service to host an afternoon of poetry readings along the Birmingham Civil Rights Trail on April 30.

To help push those gates open even further, National Black Poetry Day, which falls on Oct. 17 each year, was founded in 1985.