Betraying Millennial Women: In “Girl on Girl,” Sophie Gilbert makes a searing case that trends from the 1990s and 2000s, ...

Gwendolyn Brooks grew up in a South Side house full of books and was a poet from an early age, eventually becoming the first ...

Starting today, we’ll have a week of games, videos and essays to help you along the way. First up: readings by Ina Garten, ...

Poems can evoke laughter, tears, and thoughtful reflection. Recent research has shown their therapeutic effects: how they can reduce stress, relieve grief, and increase well-being.

To celebrate National Poetry Month in April, we invited 5 Washington Post photographers to capture nature, and invited 5 ...

This year's competition asked writers to draft an original, previously unpublished piece focusing on life in Western North ...

Out of 157,000 students who participated in Poetry Out Loud this school year, Wichita East High senior Ismail Saeed is one of ...

The Chicago Bears honored linebacker T.J. Edwards and wide receiver Rome Odunze as their latest Brian Piccolo Award ...

Rize Simmons is on a winning streak. The Windsor High School senior and two-time state champion of the Poetry Out Loud ...

In the caption, she writes: "Decided to recite some of my older poems because maybe it’s more impactful that way??? Also I thought this one was relevant since skinny is back in and we’re all being ...

On a dusty, sun-bleached grass sports field in Kingston, a crop of Jamaican schoolchildren are being put through their paces with dreams of following in the footsteps of Usain Bolt or Shelly-Ann ...

A lot of us learned about the revolutionary sprint through Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s iconic poem that begins, “Listen, my children, and you shall hear, of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.” ...