What draws you to poetry? Poet Jane Ormerod shares why she loves poetry and how she came to create this kind of art. She says that poetry can be anything. It's like other forms of art, such as painting. It's open and inviting. Click here to play...

What draws you to poetry? Poet Jane Ormerod shares why she loves poetry and how she came to create this kind of art. She says that poetry can be anything. It's like other forms of art, such as painting. It's open and inviting.

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. For award-winning poet Marc Nair, spoken word sits in an...

Published poet Joe Kerschbaum shares his thoughts on the variety of options for marketing and selling your poetry using tools such as social media, traditional media, open-mic events, and poetry slams. Click here to play this audio clip

If you have a portfolio of short work such as short stories, personal essays, or poetry, Professor and author Donna Arthur Downs recommends trying to get this work published. It can sometimes be easier to find publishing opportunities for short work...

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...

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...

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...

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...

What counts as writing? According to Chad Sanders, author of How to Sell Out , just about anything! For more on this critically acclaimed author visit: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Chad-Sanders/146298445 .