Poetry has deep roots in music — in fact, in some cultures, poetry and song are the same word. Edward Hirsch, author of A Poet's Glossary,... How Rhythm Carries A Poem, From Head To Heart Poetry, ...

Poetry is old. Really old. It came into use before written language, originally used as a means to remember history through verbal storytelling. That is why we often feel a rhythm or beat to a poem, ...

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William Shakespeare is the bestselling poet of all time. The word 'poetry' is from the Greek term poiesis, which means 'making'. The oldest written poem is the Epic of Gilgamesh originating from ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- At a halfway house on Chicago's West Side, there's been a sudden burst of creativity that has to do with putting rhyme and rhythm into troubled lives. For over 60 years, St. Leonard's ...

(Click here to skip down to the results of Week 1129, our contest for poems using spelling bee words.) Not one but two football players, C.J. Wilson and Jason Pierre-Paul, Lost fingers playing, but ...

People think that poems have to rhyme – well, they don’t! Rhyming must be used carefully – using it too much can make your poems boring, hard to listen to and understand. Poems with strict rules, ...