This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. — No, it’s not a pep ...

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 ...

Why do children and teens like writing poetry? It's an excellent and necessary means of self-expression. Poetry necessitates scratching below the surface, plumbing emotions students are often afraid ...

“I have a dream.” You have heard the line. But what you may not know is that the poetry of Langston Hughes influenced Martin Luther King Jr.’s best-known speech, which he delivered during the 1963 ...

We meet on Friday afternoons in the basement of the Jackie Robinson Educational Complex at 106th and Madison in New York City. I am there because I want to teach poetry, work with kids, and explore ...