MOORHEAD - It's been a banner year for Yahya Frederickson's poetry. The Minnesota State University Moorhead English professor was awarded a $5,000 Lake Region Arts Council/McKnight Fellowship literary ...

Poetry—writing it, reading it, “performing” it—is catching on in the Yakima Valley area. Not just as grist for trail chatter. The number of events, venues and organizations focused on poetry is rising ...

Sivakami Velliangiri, Geetha Ravichandran and Shikhandin, on their joint poetry collection, Footnotes in G Sharp, and on making their voices ring from the margins to stain the centre of the page!

Think poetry readings are boring? Photon Poetry might change your mind. The donation-based monthly events at the experimental art space The Lab at Stardust strive to push the boundaries of what poetry ...

If you were part of a specific genre of 2000s “creative weirdos,” you may have found yourself pulled into the spoken word poetry scene. The art form — which, as the name implies, includes any poetry ...

When artist Alfred Hutty first came to Charleston in 1919, he sent an oft-repeated message to his wife, “Come quickly. Have found heaven.” These days, Holy City open mic poetry nights are a haven for ...

In our 14th episode — and the second episode of our third season — co-host Jerome Moore and Scene managing editor Alejandro Ramirez are joined by poet and organizer Ciona Rouse. As Alejandro wrote in ...

During National Poetry Month, a panel of Chicago writers, including poet laureates, reflect what makes our city’s poetry scene unique. You could argue that Chicago is the poetry capital of the nation.