The five poems listed here are each an extraordinary example of wordplay, from those that can be read in more than one direction to those that can be reimagined as works of visual art. 1.

The word poetry typically sparks thoughts of love poems and doesn’t necessarily bring fun and laughter to mind. The exception ...

5 Points Where Poetry Meets Jazz : A Blog Supreme Structured and free, sonic and rhythmic, ... (If you'd like to read some examples, take a look at Jazz Poems, edited by Kevin Young, ...

Washington poet Eric Ode often finds ideas while out walking. Here he shares a poem inspired by the prickly (or not) holly ...

To celebrate National Poetry Month in April, we invited 5 Washington Post photographers to capture nature, and invited 5 poets to respond with original poems.

5. Read a bunch of poetry. The experts we talked to say their poetry curriculum in schools was mostly centered around the classical canon — your Shakespeares and your Frosts.

5 Creepy Poems That Will Give You Serious Chills. by Buffy Flores. July 28, 2016. ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images. When people think of poetry, most often they think of a romantic, meaningful genre of ...

Poetry therapy is the clinical practice of using poetic tools to support emotional regulation, trauma recovery, and identity development. When thoughtfully integrated into therapy, especially with ...