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How do you know when a poem is finished? It is the kind of question new poets ask older poets. I have heard it in my classroom.    " Ho...

Stonehenge As a year ends, we often look back on what we have experienced. That review may bring to mind what we have accomplished and good ...

Most of us were introduced to poetry in school. As a teacher, I hope it was a kind introduction, but there are many people whose introduc...

In the new episode of ON BEING, " Your Life Is a Poem ," poet Naomi Shihab Nye talks about growing up in Ferguson, Missouri ...

Burning the Old Year by Naomi Shihab Nye Letters swallow themselves in seconds. Notes friends tied to the doorknob, transparent s...

It is National Poetry Month 2015 in America. The Academy of American Poets has many special features on its website for this month. One...

Who is the first poet you fell in love with? In this video from The Poetry Foundation, Edward Hirsch, Evie Shockley, Jean Valentine, Juan...

Nye Have you ever had someone ask you to write them a poem? As Naomi Shihab Nye says in her poem, "Valentine For Ernest Mann"...

I actually have avoided writing and reading poems about politics. They usually don't work for me. But, the past few years, I have become...