We were saddened to learn of the recent death of literary powerhouse and cultural icon Maya Angelou. Most of her work is best re...

April is National Poetry Month and last year at this time we ran a series of blogs on all kinds of poetic forms, from the acrostic to the...

We have one last blog to share from our April celebration of Poetry Month. During his tenure as the Poet Laureate of the United States ...

We've come to the end of our celebration of National Poetry Month and hope you have enjoyed our focus on all aspects of poetry. Today, w...

For people who are intimidated by writing poetry, the diamante poem can be a great format to try first. The diamante is a relatively new for...

Acrostic poems are great fun for children. Most people are familiar with an incarnation of the acrostic poem in which a name or word is writ...

The Yellin Center Blog continues our celebration of National Poetry Month with a profile of the poetic form called the clerihew. The histo...

There are lots of fun, out-of-the-box ways to celebrate National Poetry Month . Below are a few of our favorites. Put a Poem in Your Po...

The villanelle is a lovely, rhythmic form that takes quite a bit of skill to work with. Still, it might be a fun challenge for poetically-in...