What Poetry Teaches Us About the Power of Persuasion. By Dorothea Lasky. October 13, 2012. ... Poetry, more than any other form of writing, trains students to take into account the style of language.

The strangeness of the medieval poem “Pearl,” now out in a new translation, magnifies its emotional power. Courtesy The British Library Board, Cotton Nero A. X, art.3, f.42 ...

Our critic A.O. Scott marvels at the power and paradox of a sonnet by Gwendolyn Brooks. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott Here’s a poem about patience, about self-control, about the need to conserve ...

Kwame Alexander, our poet-in-residence, loves power naps. Write a poem about how a nap helps you restore, and it may be read on Morning Edition.

FROM FROM: Poems, by Monica Youn (Graywolf, 147 pp., paperback, $17) ... In Kim’s metapoetics, the apparent futility of poetry is part of its surreptitious power.

I’m so excited by the fact that these poems can surprise and delight listeners who may be listening intently to the show or who may just be flicking through stations in search of something to hear.