Throughout history, poets have captured the essence of love, desire, longing, and devotion in their verses. Romantic poetry ...

Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...

February, and the events of this year so far have not inspired much optimism. Diversity, equity and inclusion programs are being slashed, hundreds of people have lost their homes to fires and members ...

One way to think of poems is as the stories of a moment. All art, at its root, is a way of telling stories. Even paintings — ...

Children's poet Constance Levy, a former educator who lives in St. Louis, encourages readers of all ages to tell their own ...