William Shakespeare is the bestselling poet of all time. The word 'poetry' is from the Greek term poiesis, which means 'making'. The oldest written poem is the Epic of Gilgamesh originating from ...

Students will experience poetry as a form of communication. Students will learn about an ancient poetic tradition of Japan. Students will write tanka poetry in the correct form. What are the poems ...

One morning in April, Wendo Kenyanito, a schoolteacher in Nairobi, Kenya, came across a poetry prompt online. The prompt was unusual – rather than just focusing on a theme, it presented a structure, ...