Contestants, 21 and over, have until April 30 to find inspiration in the taproom environment for a short story of up to 2,500 words or up to three poems. Wiltse, Trice, Perry and two other judges ...

Ideas are everywhere ... and write about it. Your poem can be in verse (with rhyme and meter) or free verse. It can be long or short, light or serious. This is merely an exercise, like taking ...

Discover short and easy poems on World Environment Day for kids and students. These simple, rhyming verses inspire ...

David L. Harrison Where do poems come from? I’m asked that question a lot. Where do you get your ideas? Where do poems come from? After my school assembly programs, I like to allow time for ...

Poetry is used to evoke emotions, create imagery, and convey ideas in a highly structured and imaginative manner. It has rhythm (using two or more syllables), metre (point of emphasis), and ...

This short poem grapples with so many themes at once — seeing, being seen, desire, racism, selfhood and memory. The poem starts in a matter-of-fact fashion with a declarative, “I don’t like ...

By Elisa Gabbert I remember where I was when I first read two short poems. One, Margaret Atwood’s “You Fit Into Me” (“you fit into me/like a hook into an eye/a fish hook/an open eye ...