Poetry

Evan Wang, a senior at Upper Merion High School, wants to see young people engage with poetry off the page and in everyday life.

WHYY’s Jennifer Lynn and Susan Phillips explore the beauty of nature through poetry, featuring iconic poets like Amanda Gorman, Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg.

The poet laureate program is one piece of a literary “renaissance” in Bucks.

Healing Verse Germantown will use poetry workshops and public art installations to help residents address gun violence and its trauma.

On Aug. 14, the anniversary of his shooting by Philadelphia police, an anthology of poetry about police violence is published.

April 25–28: The Philadelphia Show, “Kill Move Paradise” in N.J. and the Delaware Symphony’s performance of Mahler are among this weekend’s highlights.

April 4–7: WrestleMania and Theatre Week in Philly, "Murder on the Nile" in N.J. and a celebration of Black female artists in Delaware are among this weekend’s highlights.

If you want to share your work, listen to others, or just connect, check out this list of monthly happenings in Philly’s literary scene.

Oyeniyi writes poems about what it feels like to be young and Black in Philadelphia.

Sheryl Oring’s typewriting performances have gained acclaim worldwide.

Kwame Alexander on his new memoir, Why Fathers Cry at Night. Then, being Philly foodies with local James Beard winners Ellen Yin (Fork) and Nok Suntaranon (Kalaya).

Kwame Alexander on "Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, Letters, and Remembrances." Plus, spotted lanternflies and Crozer Health financial woes.

Ross Gay’s ode to Julius Erving and the legacy of Black genius is the basis of a new music composition and performance at Girard College.

Rain Poetry features haikus written by schoolchildren painted on sidewalks with invisible ink.

The six-month-long project seeks to offer a moment of “surprise and delight.”