MOORHEAD - It's been a banner year for Yahya Frederickson's poetry. The Minnesota State University Moorhead English professor was awarded a $5,000 Lake Region Arts Council/McKnight Fellowship literary ...

Poetry—writing it, reading it, “performing” it—is catching on in the Yakima Valley area. Not just as grist for trail chatter. The number of events, venues and organizations focused on poetry is rising ...

In the past decade, Ken Arkind has seen the Denver poetry scene morph and evolve. A fixture in the local scene for a decade, Arkind has made multiple trips to national competitions across the country, ...

If you were part of a specific genre of 2000s “creative weirdos,” you may have found yourself pulled into the spoken word poetry scene. The art form — which, as the name implies, includes any poetry ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Mid-South teen is using ...

A literary scene that’s equal parts sincere and wry — starting with the name itself. By Savannah Sobrevilla Several creative circles merged in the Red Room at KGB Bar in the East Village of Manhattan ...

During National Poetry Month, a panel of Chicago writers, including poet laureates, reflect what makes our city’s poetry scene unique. You could argue that Chicago is the poetry capital of the nation.

It’s a busy Saturday afternoon at Open Books: A Poetry Emporium in Pioneer Square. Even Taylor Swift fans, who descended upon the city for her shows at Lumen Field, are immersing themselves in verse.

In our 14th episode — and the second episode of our third season — co-host Jerome Moore and Scene managing editor Alejandro Ramirez are joined by poet and organizer Ciona Rouse. As Alejandro wrote in ...