How many poems do you know by heart? Not nursery rhymes or limericks, but poems of subtle structure and nuance, written in iambic pentameter, dactylic hexameter, AABB, or blank verse. If you are like ...

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BUFFALO, N.Y. – Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Nancy Wells, the University at Buffalo’s vice president for philanthropy and alumni relations, and Robin Shulze, dean of the UB College of Arts and Sciences, ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this story incorrectly listed the number of performers who could qualify for prizes of $1,000-$20,000, plus money for their schools, in the national Poetry Out Loud ...

Out of nearly 6,000 competitors statewide, Anacortes High School junior Sidra Marshall was named first runner-up earlier this ...

<P> Chopticon High School junior Mariah Demirkan stepped on stage after school one day last week to recite two poems.<P> It was not the memorization that made it hard, she said, but simply standing in ...

It’s that time of year again—for poetry, and confessions. Next Monday and Tuesday are the national finals of the annual Poetry Out Loud contest. The biggest event of its kind in the country, Poetry ...

A Franklin High School freshman was the third-place finisher in the Massachusetts Poetry Out Loud state final, according to a community announcement.

A high school student from Novato will represent the state of California in a national poetry recitation contest.

What an a-muse-ment park! Local bards will take their verse to new heights by reciting Coney Island-inspired poetry to thrillseekers on the Wonder Wheel at Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park on May 8.

In my 40 years of attending to critically ill and injured children, running to innumerable “code blue” events, watching vital sign monitors for over 30,000 hours, and updating or consoling parents ...