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How I became interested in poetryI feel like I have spent my life without any interest in poetry.There were no acquaintances ...

Human speech is rich with rhythm. As a person speaks, certain syllables are naturally emphasized, whereas others blend into the background. In this way, regular conversation becomes poetic. Language ...

Before the internet, TV, and radio, reading literature and poetry aloud was an immensely popular form of entertainment.

Robert Frost once said, “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” So it’s no surprise that educators who want their students to think, feel, and express ...

Once upon a time, people rarely read silently. In fact, reading silently was so unusual in the fourth century, that in his “Confessions,” St. Augustine felt prompted to offer a surprised comment on St ...

This week’s guest on “Poetry from Daily Life” is Marilyn Singer, who divides her time between Brooklyn, New York and Washington, Connecticut. Marilyn has been a writer for fifty years and enjoys many ...

Sodoku' (reading aloud) is something we work on in Shichida Method classes.We decided to try it at home for a week as well.At ...

Local poet Donald Dunbar – who has some familiarity with the sound of poetry read aloud, as part of the If Not For Kidnap reading series – has an extremely helpful piece up on Sound, an online ...

Continuing our series on Read Alouds That Rock, we spotlight educators who deliver captivating storytimes for the chapter book and middle grade crowd in grades three to five. Close your eyes for a ...

Ten readers gather to read Anne Carson’s The Glass Essay, and discover that a difficult poem can open up conversations about ...