Poetry

The Liberian immigrant, social worker, and former Pew Fellow is committed to civic engagement through poetry.

Three writers discuss living with disability, the influence its had on love, life and work,, the stigmas that persist, and the pressing issues facing disabled communities.

Janet Ruth Falon is a Philly area Jewish poet who uses the intersections of her identity to make meaning of the world.

This week: an explainer on Pa. gun laws and the efforts to expand them, the move to reform standardized testing in N.J, and Voicemail Poems.

The 17th century author of “Paradise Lost” was a big fan of Shakespeare. The Free Library of Philadelphia is discovered to have his personal copy.

The poetry team is a safe haven and home-away-from-home for both poets and coaches —  it provides a creative outlet and space to work through adversities. 

WHYY's Morning Edition listeners celebrate their neighborhoods through haiku during National Poetry Month.

To mark the end of National Poetry Month, Ursula Rucker sat down with WHYY’s Jennifer Lynn to discuss her writing.

Seventeen years after the HBO show ‘Def Poetry Jam’ went off the air, co-creator Danny Simmons is reviving the spoken word showcase in Philadelphia.

Raquel Salas Rivera won $50,000 from the Academy of American Poets and will use a portion of to fund a summer poetry festival between Philadelphia and Boston.

Poet Richard Blanco describes himself as being "made in Cuba, assembled in Spain, imported to the USA" and his poems, focusing largely on national identity, reflect this.

West Philadelphia Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell directed public land to be sold at below-market prices to developer Rick Young. Now he’s hosting a fundraiser for her.

The series of short films bring Walt Whitman’s poetry to Alabama where regular folks recite lines from ‘Song of Myself.’

The award, which comes with a $165,000 purse, is given every two years from Yale University to an American poet for lifetime achievement on the event of a new publication.

Earlier in November, we asked our readers and listeners to share what about America they are most thankful for.