April is Jazz Appreciation Month, as well as National Poetry Month. This week's Take Five celebrates both art forms in the same place. Each of the five songs featured here was originally written as a ...

At school, I would always dread the poetry modules in English, trying to decipher meaning from stale texts and reading out my pained interpretation to a class half-asleep. It was only when I found ...

This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Michelle Schaub, who lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, “tucked up against the Rocky Mountain foothills.” She began writing for children after a creative ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning Rita Dove reads her poem "American Smooth." The arts play an instrumental role in young people's lives. Pursuing creative endeavors helps young people in social, intellectual, ...