Corrected: An earlier version of this story incorrectly listed the number of performers who could qualify for prizes of $1,000-$20,000, plus money for their schools, in the national Poetry Out Loud ...

One tribute to the late John Lewis began by noting his love of W. E. Henley’s “Invictus”; it seems to have been Nelson Mandela’s favorite too, as affirmed in Morgan Freeman’s reading of the poem.

TOKYO: The annual Imperial ceremony of Utakai Hajime, or the New Year's Poetry Reading, was held at the Imperial Palace in ...

Students at St. Johnsbury Academy recently recited poems during Chapel as part of the Poetry Out Loud Contest. They’ll return ...

Amanda Gorman, the country’s first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate, made history again Sunday by becoming the first person to recite a poem during a Super Bowl pregame ceremony. Gorman, a ...