Springfield News-Leader

Poetry from Daily Life: Marilyn Singer explains how to read a poem aloud

This week’s guest on “Poetry from Daily Life” is Marilyn Singer, who divides her time between Brooklyn, New York and Washington, Connecticut. Marilyn has been a writer for fifty years and enjoys many ...
The Daily of the University of Washington

Elliot Bay Book Company presents ‘The Nature of Our Times’ poetry reading

Elliott Bay Book Company hosted a reading co-sponsored by UW EarthLab and the Washington Sea Grant on Jan. 14 in celebration ...
Springfield News-Leader

Poetry from Daily Life: Read your poem aloud, for a crowd. Make them laugh, think, feel

Human speech is rich with rhythm. As a person speaks, certain syllables are naturally emphasized, whereas others blend into the background. In this way, regular conversation becomes poetic. Language ...
Publishers Weekly

Read-Aloud Poems: 120 of the World’s Best-Loved Poems for Parent and Child to Share

This compact treasury of poems features nursery rhymes, classics, and selections from 20th-century writers, with contributions from Emily Dickinson, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and ...

Poetry sneaks up on you. Reading it has changed the way I think

Twice a week, I meet with two elderly men to read poems out loud. The poems are ancient, even older than us. They’re usually ...