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Why we need poetry to slow us down

By PBS News Hour

For MacArthur fellow Ellen Bryant Voigt, nature has always served as an inspiration for her poetry. She speaks about her love for natural beauty and need for solitude, as well as poetry’s gift for slowing us down.

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This viewer mail prompted Judy Woodruff to get poetic

By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins

At the PBS NewsHour, we get a lot of people writing in to share their thoughts on the show. Sometimes they tell us how much a particular segment means to them, or how much they learned. Sometimes they are more…

It's National Poetry Day, so we asked for your haikus

By News Desk

In honor of National Poetry Day, we asked you to tweet us a haiku. We received many clever creations.

Poet Lisa Yankton reads 'Ma-Ka-To'

By Corinne Segal

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Poet Kiki Petrosino asks: Can people change?

By Corinne Segal

Kiki Petrosino's poetry began as a child in the backseat of her mother's car. Many nights, the family would drive to and from Catonsville Community College near Baltimore to pick up Petrosino's father, a public school teacher who taught evening…

How to submit to 'Casa de Colores,' a nation-wide poetry project

By Corinne Segal

This week, U.S. poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera embarks on a country-wide poetry project, “Casa de Colores,” which he announced earlier this month at the National Book Festival.

Family speaks out against white poet who allegedly used their daughter's Chinese name to get published

By Corinne Segal

Poet Michael Derrick Hudson was published in "The Best American Poetry 2015" this week under the name Yi-Fen Chou, prompting criticism in the poetry community.