Get Lit Spoken Word Poetry for Teens Get Lit is a LA.-based initiative created by Diane Luby Lane that uses poetry, reading, writing, and spoken word, to inspire teens to reengage with their lives ...

Writing poetry helps some doctors process the emotional work of caring for sick patients — and seeing some slip away too soon.

Each night, Cynthia Sierra signs on to her computer. There, in the dark, she'll spend the next four to six hours reading and writing poetry. But for all the time spent, each poem is no longer than ...

Three years ago, a young spoken word poet named Sarah Kay dazzled the TED Conference, earning two standing ovations. Her performance about writing poetry to entertain and educate has since ...

We present an extract from The Irish Writers Handbook 2025, the essential guide to writing and getting published, with contributions from acclaimed authors and book industry professionals.