Kwame Alexander won the Newbery award in 2015 for his sports themed novel-in-verse The Crossover, and is now touring the country to promote its prequel, Rebound. Next spring, he’ll begin publishing ...

When we were both young and unknown poets, Patricia Lockwood had a blog with the tagline “Poems Are Jokes.” For years, this phrase has come back to me, when I hear an especially poetic joke or read an ...

Translating poetry is notoriously difficult. Translating poetry in such a way that the humorous nature of a poem remains intact is even more difficult, even though it is precisely jokes that can ...

Rejoice, poetry lovers, because April is here which means it's officially National Poetry Month, and entire 30 days dedicated to stunning stanzas, visceral verses, and prophetic poets. As part of your ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Alan Katz, who lives in Milford, Connecticut. Alan says, “I’ve been writing since Miss Gordon showed me the alphabet in kindergarten. But I’ve been a ...

The muse has hit me like a vorpal sword. I've been working on some poems for an upcoming comedy performance (called "Funny As a Crutch," Mon, June 13 in Boston) — and it was impossible to resist the ...