How many poems do you know by heart? Not nursery rhymes or limericks, but poems of subtle structure and nuance, written in iambic pentameter, dactylic hexameter, AABB, or blank verse. If you are like ...

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BUFFALO, N.Y. – Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Nancy Wells, the University at Buffalo’s vice president for philanthropy and alumni relations, and Robin Shulze, dean of the UB College of Arts and Sciences, ...

Poetry Out Loud Georgia 2026 champion Rory Berg of Roswell heads to the Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington, D.C., ...

Stacy Lafontant is nervous. The 16-year-old junior at The Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts is about to step up to the podium to do something she’s never done before in public: Recite poetry. ...

Collegiate Academy junior Esinam Agama will compete in the national Poetry Out Loud competition in Washington, D.C.

What an a-muse-ment park! Local bards will take their verse to new heights by reciting Coney Island-inspired poetry to thrillseekers on the Wonder Wheel at Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park on May 8.

Corrected: An earlier version of this story incorrectly listed the number of performers who could qualify for prizes of $1,000-$20,000, plus money for their schools, in the national Poetry Out Loud ...

<P> Chopticon High School junior Mariah Demirkan stepped on stage after school one day last week to recite two poems.<P> It was not the memorization that made it hard, she said, but simply standing in ...

The 2026 Kansas Cowboy Poetry Contest is now accepting entries. Regional contests are set for May 15 in Hays and June 6 in ...

Exhibit organizers hope it serves as a model in Philly and the U.S. for addressing mental health wounds of gun violence ...