The notion of poetry as words written on a page and read silently is a relatively recent historical development. Older, and perhaps more exciting, is the tradition of poetry as performance. Ancient ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook A microphone always helps get your message to the masses. But in the right hands, a microphone ...

Jordan Wolmut performing "Trigger Warning." Credit: Virtulandia! recording screen grab, via Literary Arts. In Trigger Warning, her award-winning poem, Portland poet Jordan Wolmut dissects the concept ...

Maybe you woke up this morning haunted by the first four lines of W.H. Auden’s “The More Loving One” — or tickled by its tongue-in-cheek handling of existential dread. (Not ringing any bells? Click ...