Poetry

Now in its 15th year, the Finding Voice poetry workshop offers men a platform for self-expression. Their stories were recently published in “These Words Are Not My Home: Writing From The Unhoused.”

When the COVID pandemic hit, two friends in southeast Ohio stayed in touch through poetry. Now, they've published a book of their correspondences.

Poet Amanda Gorman and German cellist Jan Vogler combine poetry and Bach's cello suites at New York's Carnegie Hall to share the "lows and highs" of human experience.

In Ideastream’s “Sound of Us” poetic reentry series, Cardell Belfoure talks with Ohioans who are making a difference in their communities after leaving prison. He guides them in writing poetry about their reentry experiences.

Ohio poet laureate Kari Gunter Seymour gives her advice on how to integrate literature from local authors into your life.

Benjamin Bagby has captivated audiences around the world with his performances of the Old English epic Beowulf. Watch Bagby's recent performance in WOSU’s Performance Studio.

Poets Hanif Abdurraqib, Franny Choi, Dan "Sully" Sullivan, and club founder Peter Kahn have curated a new anthology celebrating the legacy of a Chicago-area high school's spoken word club.

Cardell Belfoure had been writing poetry for several years before joining the ID13 Prison Literacy Project while incarcerated at Grafton Correctional Institution in Grafton, Ohio.

Before Jonathan Young began writing poetry through the ID13 Prison Literacy Project, he spent a long time trying to "fit in" with others around him.

Poetry is having a moment during the pandemic, and Poet Laureate of the United States Joy Harjo said the surge of new talent may bring about a…