Poems rhyme some of the time; oftentimes they don’t. But what distinguishes a poem from other herds of words is how a poem combines rhythm and precision to make meaning and move us: capturing a moment ...

This course is designed to enable students to explore special topics in poetry and poetics in a concentrated way. See HMS website for descriptions of topics being offered in a given semester. May be ...

Will Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album “The Tortured Poets Department” usher in a new era of poetry appreciation? Delaney Atkins, a part-time instructor at Austin Peay State University who teaches a ...

Robert Frost once said, “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” So it’s no surprise that educators who want their students to think, feel, and express ...

This section of Creative Writing introduces students to poetry writing as process and practice. Students will explore imaginative composition through directed exercises in writing poetry and poetic ...

On poetry and the importance of memory: “I learned to memorize more poetry; I’m almost up to a hundred poems. I learned to furnish my mind with poetry. As you fly around the world and you do your work ...