I miss the nuances of your back the curve of your spine in the dark the eruption of breasts beneath thumbs as hands trace the oceans of your...

"Dandelion" By Perre Shelton she was never the beautiful, long-haired mother i wrote about in poems she never walked barefoot thro...

Some "poetry purists" claim that slam cheapens the art form because poetry shouldn't be about competition. However, competitio...

This Land Is Your Land As go America’s poets, so goes American democracy. By David Biespiel Poetry Magazine In the squares of the city -- in...

Bill Murray has always been one of my favorite actors, ever since I saw "Stripes" as a kid. However, he's become one my favori...

The Devil's gardens was the name given by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, commander of the German Afrika Korps during World War II, to the d...

I fell in love with Caroline Harvey and her work in Austin in 2005. She still ranks up there with of the strongest female poets I've met...

I fell in love with Caroline Harvey and her work in Austin in 2005. She still ranks up there with of the strongest female poets I've met...

I fell in love with Caroline Harvey and her work in Austin in 2005. She still ranks up there with of the strongest female poets I've met...

You can bet money you're going to hear a political poem when a white poet starts singing "Amazing Grace," or a black poet begi...

I just spent Tuesday teaching poetry in Terrin Musbach's English and theater classes at Mohave High School in Bullhead City, thanks to a...

Shane Koyczan performs at the Words Aloud 4 Spoken Word Festival in Durham, Ontario, Canada, November 2007. DVDs of Words Aloud performance...

Totally like whatever, you know? By Taylor Mali In case you hadn't noticed, it has somehow become uncool to sound like you know what you...