In the bustling artistic landscape of Chicago, where rhythm meets poetry and community activism thrives alongside creative expression, K Love The Poet stands as a beacon of authenticity. Her journey ...

When Peter Kahn became an English teacher at the Chicago-area Oak Park and River Forest High School, he was terrified of teaching poetry. "Poetry was my least favorite subject as a student, and my ...

Angela Williams (COL ’17) has not always been a poet. Though she often journaled in high school, it was not until her sophomore year, when she attended a meeting of Corpus Collective, Georgetown’s ...

Young poets, accompanied by some more seasoned writers, will take over the Lincoln Theatre on April 26. At 7:30 p.m., the three Mayhem Poets, spoken-word artists with a flair for both comedy and drama ...

Lana Del Rey professes her devotion to Los Angeles in “L.A. Who Am I to Love You,” a spoken word piece from her new audiobook of poems Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass, out Tuesday. “I left my ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In between the transition of tracks one and two, I fire off ...

Keep in mind that all of the following is coming from someone whose artistic prowess is equal to that of a rock. Try some form of artistic expression! It may be that it's summer and I have way too ...

Glittering metaphors and powerful performance are the key factors to any successful spoken word poem. The poet behind the work is equally important — they bring the personality and stories to the ...

Poet and activist Amanda Gorman returned to the national political stage on Aug. 21, performing her spoken-word poem "This Sacred Scene" at the Democratic National Convention. Gorman told Vanity Fair ...

What do the poems “Cartoon Physics part 1” by Nick Flynn, “England in 1819” by Percy Bysshe Shelley and “Sweet Tooth” by Russell Edson all have in common? Well, actually not very much. But that’s why ...

Rather than share her words in written form, the "Black Panther" star expressed her thoughts verbally in a beautifully produced short video shared to her Instagram. There have been many touching and ...