You can work out the rhyme scheme of a poem by labelling the words that rhyme with each other. It will help you see the pattern of the poem. For example, if a poem's first and third lines rhyme you ...

You might have memorised and performed a poem in class before. This is called learning a poem ‘off by heart’. It’s a great way to really show you understand the poem and have some fun sharing it with ...

Those so-called “cultured” types sure love to brag about their love of poetry. We aren’t sure how they get their fix of literary arts. But we like to imagine that they sport berets, hang around coffee ...

Perth, Australia singer-songwriter Rachel Dillon. Photo via Facebook page Rachel Dillon Music. I did a master class in Perth, Australia and worked on a song with Rachel Dillon. Here are the first two ...

In states like Nebraska, Oklahoma, Montana, and Wyoming, poet laureates work to include rural in all duties of the office, from their poems, to their poetry workshops, to poetry readings in small-town ...

In 2005, the National Endowment for the Arts, together with the Poetry Foundation, established Poetry Out Loud, a program intended to encourage “the nation’s youth to learn about great poetry through ...