The arts are often written off as worthless, or certainly not worth the federal funding that they receive. But young poets like me know otherwise.

Poetry Month is often the time we remember to teach and read poems with kids and help our children write poetry. But you can ...

The journalist and author gets candid about her divorce, struggles with self-worth and more in her new poetry book, ‘I Am Maria.' ...

Artist Loryn Brantz aims to help parents feel seen through the moments of frustration, laughter and love that come with ...

Dealing with your kids falling out with friends is one of the parts of parenting I most dread, because, even now, I haven’t ...

Poet and author Charles Ghigna shares the story of a poem he wrote after waking up to his infant son's babbling over a nursery monitor.

The competition is for children aged seven to 11 from Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire and was launched to coincide with World Poetry Day. This year, they will write about the theme of friendship.

Friendship with a truly strange creature, plus Shark Girl’s conservation and a dinosaur’s pursuit of poetry: columnist ...

The winning poem will be performed live at the Latitude Festival and broadcast on BBC Local Radio, with a weekend family ...

A new collection of illustrated story poems is told from the perspective ... JOHN HIMMELMAN: Oh, thank you for having me. SIMON: I guess children are the intended audience, but I sure liked ...