Poetry is the structural rhetoric used to evoke emotional qualities. Rap is, at the etymological root, the chanting of rhymed lyrics in time to a beat. The literary facet of poetry has been around for ...

Like its companion volume, Poetry Speaks to Children, this eclectic collection is accompanied by a lively CD; the focus is on hip-hop, broadly defined as “poetry with a beat.” In practice, Giovanni’s ...

Poetry Month is often the time we remember to teach and read poems with kids and help our children write poetry. But you can read and write poetry with kids all year long–not just during Poetry Month!

“I have a dream.” You have heard the line. But what you may not know is that the poetry of Langston Hughes influenced Martin Luther King Jr.’s best-known speech, which he delivered during the 1963 ...

It’s National Poetry Month, so in schools across the country, teachers will be sharing poems with kids. Maybe some Shel Silverstein or Jack Prelutsky or Joyce Sidman. Maybe even some William Carlos ...