I started writing poetry when I was eight years old and I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that doing so saved my life then and at many other times. Why did I start writing poetry? Frankly, I ...

is organizing a poetry contest. The contest is co-sponsored by The Post-Standard. Contestants will be judged in five groups: Group 1: Kindergarten through third grade. Group 2: Fourth and fifth grades ...

“With visual poetry, meaning is found within the format and the medium through which the poem is presented,” Shanaz explains. “Readers don’t just interpret words on the page or couplets being ...