Kenn Nesbitt has been named the new Children’s Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation, for a two-year tenure. Nesbitt, who lives with his family in Spokane, Wash. – will serve as an advisor on ...

Recognizing lifetime achievement in craft, service to the literary arts, and poetry criticism. CHICAGO, Sept. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Poetry Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of the ...

CHICAGO, March 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Poetry Foundation, whose mission is to amplify poetry and celebrate poets year-round, provides new ways to access and engage with the art form in the month ...

Presenting free poetry events, writing workshops, a new exhibition, and more. On December 4, Chicago Poet Laureate avery r. young presents Chicago Soul Poem: A City That Writes Together. Throughout ...

Born in California in 1945, Kay Ryan has said that her poems don't start with imagery or sound, but rather develop "the way an oyster does, with an aggravation." Her unique brand of tightly compressed ...