The form of a poem is how we describe the overarching structure or pattern of the poem. Some forms of poetry must stick to very specific rules about length, rhythm and rhyme.

In Eckes’s poem, two forms sit in direct confrontation. The unemployment form, with its insults and banalities, is an object of unhappy necessity. The poetic form, however, ...

This week’s guest on “Poetry from Daily Life” is Sandy Asher, who lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. When she was in 2nd grade, Sandy began making up plays for her friends to act out with her.

Poetry therapy is the clinical practice of using poetic tools to support emotional regulation, trauma recovery, and identity development. When thoughtfully integrated into therapy, especially with ...

Questions of identity, mental health, relationships, and race collide as Cindy Juyoung Ok pushes her poetry to its full potential in her debut collection of poetry, “Ward Toward.” The ...

This poem was finished shortly after the riot at the capital where violence was used to express their anger instead of being accepting and moving forward. Gorman’s poem is about making America better ...

The form of a poem is how we describe the overarching structure or pattern of the poem. Some forms of poetry must stick to very specific rules about length, rhythm and rhyme.