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Louisville poets Ron Whitehead and Frederick Smock get into an online tussle over leather vests and handlebar moustaches: "Given the number of poets and writers around the world who are imprisoned...

CA Conrad offers this somatic poetry exercise, inspired by Mina Loy, Mary Wigman and Maria Raha. DAY ONE: As a preliminary, read the Loy quote aloud, then immediately watch Mary Wigman's...

Doctor Nguyen Xuan Kinh works to preserve ca dao, or folk poetry, which has been passed down orally from generation to generation. Ca dao dates back hundreds of years but it...

Suzanne M. Steele, the first poet to be embedded with the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan says: "There's people swinging swords all through poetry." She spoke recently with the Vancouver Sun. While...

Paolo Javier who was recently named poet laureate of the borough of Queens thinks the future of poetry is in technology. The New York Daily News reports. By fusing multimedia platforms...

An exhibit to mark the 100-year anniversary of T.S. Eliot's graduation includes evidence that his record was less than stellar. The Boston Globe has details. T.S. Eliot graduated from Harvard 100...

Robert C. Byrd, the longest-serving senator in U.S. history and a great lover of poetry, died Monday at the age of 92. NPR reports. "Poetry, simply put, is beauty defined," Byrd...

Poet Marie Ponsot speaks to the New York Times about trying to regain lost language skills after a stroke. Last week, back in her apartment on the Upper East Side, Ms....

Curt Worden has directed the documentary film One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur. Director Curt Worden follows unsurprising documentary form by offering too many visuals of crashing waves...

Owners of a vacation home fret over guests with sticky fingers. Miss Manners advises against using poetry to deter their bad behavior: A warning, however coyly worded, would insult your honest...