Evan Wang, a senior at Upper Merion High School, wants to see young people engage with poetry off the page and in everyday ...

But this week it is getting a school poem, “Dear CUNY.” It was written by the national youth poet laureate, Stephanie Pacheco, who attends Borough of Manhattan Community College, one of CUNY ...

The finals of the Poetry Out Loud high school poetry competition take place in Washington, D.C., this week. NPR asked some of this year's competitors about how to master a poem. High school ...

Graduating from high school is a major milestone! And whether you're a grad yourself, or you want to find a graduation poem to express your sentiments for someone special, our high school ...

Out of 157,000 students who participated in Poetry Out Loud this school year, the Wichita East High senior is one of 55 who advanced to the national finals in Washington, D.C. The winner gets $20,000.

Amanda Gorman slammed officials at a school in Miami-Dade County, Florida, on Tuesday for what she called a ban on elementary students reading "The Hill We Climb," the poem she famously recited at ...

In 2006, The Poetry Center launched its first annual Poetry Prize for High School Girls in Massachusetts (open to sophomores and juniors); since then, our contest has expanded into the other New ...

In late May 2023, readers asked Snopes if reports were true that a Florida school had banned National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman's poem, "The Hill We Climb." The claim had been widely ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday that he “had nothing to do with” a poem recently being moved from an elementary school library to a middle school library. “This is some book of poems.

The acclaimed poem written by Amanda Gorman for President Joe Biden’s inauguration was moved from the elementary section of a Miami-Dade County public school after a parent complaint and school ...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - An Abundant Life Christian School shooting survivor shares a poem she wrote the night of the tragedy to help others begin to heal. Monday marks one week since a 15-year-old ...

A school in Florida removed a poem read at Joe Biden’s inauguration after a parent complaint (Pictures: Reuters / Dadeschools) An elementary school in Florida has removed a copy of ‘The Hill ...