Code poetry is built on a simple premise: it is a single text that reads as poetry and executes as code. The new collection ./code –– poetry, published by Broken Sleep Books, brings a programmer and ...

In 1968, Margaret Ackerman of the University of Arizona authored a paper for The English Journal in which she included a summary of what poetry meant to most of her students: “sentimentality, ...

From inaugural poems to the songs we listen to, poetry is all around us. We just have to allow ourselves to see it. Poetry can and has had a tremendous impact on our society. Still to this day, I ...

The short answer is “no,” of course. To state the obvious, things can share certain attributes and not be the same sort of thing, and asking whether rap is poetry has always struck me as a useless ...

The Carl Sandburg poem “Chicago” has been a beloved local anthem for more than a century.

I like poetry. Maybe it’s because of the abundance of Dr. Seuss books that were placed on my shelf as a kid, or maybe because of the painfully awkward and yet somehow still magical reading of “Romeo ...

Cornelius Eady, a National Book Award finalist, shared an excerpt from “Proof,” an original poem he has written for Zohran ...

The month of April marks National Poetry Month. And in the words of suits: So, what? It’s easy to dismiss poetry as having no direct application to business. In the oft-asked leadership question, ...

I was chuffed when I was invited to be an ambassador for this year’s Poetry Month. Admittedly, I neither write nor regularly read poetry, so I’m mostly in it for the title. I mean, who wouldn’t want ...