Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a ...

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National Poetry Day is observed every year on the first Thursday in October. Poetry lovers enjoy the literary style for its ...

English & creative writing professor Matthew Olzmann introduced Voigt’s reading, which drew from the poet’s nine collections.