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This is the KUOW Book Club, and we're reading "You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World" edited by 24th U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón. I'm your guide, Katie Campbell. I asked y'all to try writing ...

Every April, in honor of National Poetry Month, we call on our audience (yes, you!) to help us celebrate the art of the verse. We asked for your original poems: haiku, couplets, free form, you ...

You can stick to a single line or make it an extended metaphor with an entire poem about that bridge. Use imagery, or visually descriptive language, to help tell the story.

If you enjoy poems by Amanda Gormon, you’ll surely like her work as well. And get this: she penned this heartfelt poem about friendship for her advocate Susan B. Anthony’s 80th birthday.

Maybe that’s why poetry has even taken over TikTok. But if you need a quick-acting dose of inspiration, the short poems in this collection have just what you’re looking for.

So when I say, “You are the Boss of Your Poem,” the frisson of freedom that ripples through the group is palpable. “So I don’t have to write about the moon?” asks a kid who is obsessed ...