Poet Joe Kerschbaum reviews the impact of independent publishing on the poetry genre and how it provides new options for poets.

Author Catherine Cruzan gives us insight on what moves her to write poetry. Your poetry can be anything you want it to be, as long as you truly capture a feeling or idea.

"Write a lot," offers Joe Kerschbaum as his first piece of advice for writers considering assembly a poetry collection. He goes on to explain that a good collection is built from the best poems, not just all the poems. Which if you think about it, is...

Poet Joe Kerschbaum reviews the impact of independent publishing on the poetry genre and how it provides new options for poets. Click here to play this audio clip

Deliverying your poems to an audience can be done in a variety of ways. Published poet Joe Kerschbaum discusses the options and offers tips on how to pick your style. Click here to play this audio clip

Singaporean poet and photographer Marc Nair entered his first poetry slam contest before really understanding what these events entailed. He had been writing for a few years but had never performed spoken word poetry, so his first poetry slam became...

Authors are famous for having day jobs that don’t include writing. This can often become frustrating because of stress, exhaustion, and time constraints. Instead of being an obstacle, though, your day job can be a powerful asset. Your unique experience...

A poetic form is a set of rules that dictate the rhyme scheme, structure, rhythm, and meter of a poem. The form may also guide the purpose and tone of a poem. When the message and form fit together, you can produce a poem that is truly powerful. Poet...

To complement his travel poetry, award-winning poet Marc Nair recently started taking photographs and integrating them into his collections. Travel poetry is meant to capture the joy of exploration and inspire. Nair's book Spomenik , is a collection...

Spoken word is a performance art that focuses on the aesthetics of word play. It can encompass or contain elements of rap, hip-hop, storytelling, theater, and jazz, rock, blues, and folk music. As a founding member of Singapore's spoken word troupe,...