It's Poetry Month! If you've ever thought about giving poetry a shot but find it dense or difficult to understand, NPR's Life Kit has got this guide for you on how to read poetry. Happy Poetry Month.

For years, I've devoted 10-30 minutes to journaling every morning. But in 2022, I wanted to elevate my morning routine to an art form. I wanted to have a complete draft of a piece so that I could ...

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Marina Diamandis, the indie-pop singer-songwriter previously known as Marina and the Diamonds, has never been afraid to pursue alternative ventures. She’s dabbled in floral design, studied psychology, ...

Every year, students across the country memorize and recite poems for the Poetry Out Loud competition. But for deaf students, memorization isn’t the only challenge — they first have to translate the ...

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 students and teachers to ask ...

William Christie receives funding from the Australian Research Council for research into an entirely unrelated topic. If someone asked you how you felt and you said you had “a sense sublime of ...

Last month, we asked NPR readers what poetry means to them. We received nearly 500 responses, from lifelong poetry fans to those who have only recently come to enjoy the genre. From sparking the ...

Lessons from Pablo Neruda’s mind-bending verse. By Nicholas Casey My friend Ravi introduced me to the love poems of Pablo Neruda when we were teenagers. On the cover of the writer’s “Selected Poems,” ...