In this lesson, high school students write ‘I am’ poems in their home language and then translate them into English, building ...

The poet and writer Coleman Barks died last month at the age of 88. He was well known for his translations of the works of the 13th-century Persian mystic poet Jalaluddin Rumi. Coleman Barks even ...

When you fall in love, you sort of losing all rationality. So, you have to really think when it comes to writing poetry. Whether you're in a relationship or you're hoping to be in one with someone in ...

At the heart of Mahogany Browne’s poem “Working Title” is a question: how does a poet begin to address the killing of Michael Brown? Browne, who began working as a full-time writer in 2006, began the ...

Lynx House was a real house first. The Lynx was a painting rescued from the dump and hung on the wall. The home was shared by friends going through the University of Massachusetts’ master’s of fine ...