Renee Good’s Time at Old Dominion Included an Award-Winning Poem

What I saw in her work was a writer that was trying to illuminate the lives of others,” a faculty member recalled.

The Poet Whose Writing Will Be Launched Into Space

In 2022, she was appointed the 24th poet laureate of the U.S., a role previously held by the likes of Tracy K. Smith, Joy Harjo, and Rita D ...
YourTango

How To Write A Love Poem & Make Someone Catch Feelings For You

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 ...
The Washington Post

For writer Bob Raczka, a poem is often as playful as a puzzle

Bob Raczka didn’t care much for poetry when he was a kid. The poems he studied at school, most of them written hundreds of years ago by British men who used words such as “thine” and “thou,” didn’t ...
Poynter

Happy 100th anniversary to the poem that every writer needs to know

November 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of one of the most famous and influential poems of the 20th century. It is titled “The Second Coming.” It was written in 1919 by the Irish ...