Making fun of poetry feels like punching down; sincerity and contrived word choice are just such easy targets. And so a comedian who dares to marry his love of poetry and stand-up cuts a contradictory ...

Poet Voice Sucks is a comedic funny poetry series co-hosted and co-produced by Christine Stoddard and Jess Appel at the Broadway Comedy Club in New York City for Quail Bell Press & Productions. The ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Alan Katz, who lives in Milford, Connecticut. Alan says, “I’ve been writing since Miss Gordon showed me the alphabet in kindergarten. But I’ve been a ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Tickets are on sale now for “Sin City Speaks,” a 7 p.m. performance Saturday, Sept. 12, at the West Las Vegas Theatre. The theatre is located at 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd. in Las Vegas.

Edward Hirsch is one of the country’s most celebrated poets, which would have been a big surprise to his mother. She warned him growing up, “Poetry is fine so long as it sells products. Otherwise it’s ...

When we were both young and unknown poets, Patricia Lockwood had a blog with the tagline “Poems Are Jokes.” For years, this phrase has come back to me, when I hear an especially poetic joke or read an ...

John Roedel doesn’t have a five-year plan. He’s got a five-minute plan at most, and that’s on a good day. He believes it’s best to just make it up as you go along. This principle is how Roedel, a ...

The Community Awareness Series of the Jersey City Free Public Library will have its Black History Month Celebration on Saturday, Feb. 24, at 4 p.m. The celebration will feature jazz musician Winard ...

Maine Poetry Out Loud State Final is set for Waterville, ‘The Crucible’ will be staged in Skowhegan, Gubbulidis will perform in Waldoboro, The Stoneheads will perform in Gardiner and Glow Night is ...