poetry

If you Google the phrase “Miami inmates,” you’ll likely find stories about criminals and statistics about prisoners.But a project called View-Through is…

Scientific evidence showing health benefits from engaging in the arts is still weak. But Los Angeles students in their 80s say their poetry class gives them joy, solace, community and a voice.

It’s graduation time for some students, as classes wrap up for the holiday season. One such ceremony was held behind the razor wire and locked doors of…

Defeat DD is raising awareness for the No. 2 killer of children under five around the world — by getting people to write haikus about poop.

Gordon Oliver “Ollie” Wareham says all of his songs tell a story.“The best story I have is one I call “Tiger Song,’” said Wareham. "Not because of the…

Essay - Dwyane Wade is leaving. After 13 years with the Miami Heat, Wade is leaving the only NBA team he has known. He’s leaving, like LeBron James did…

At the beginning of each performance, Speakfridays host and founder Robert Lee starts by reciting to newcomers and regulars alike the night’s…

That’s our Zip Ode, a poetic ode to our zip code here at the studios in Miami: 33132.Your zip determines the number of words in each line of the poem. So,…

When President Obama was sworn into office for his second term in January 2013, it was Miami-raised writer Richard Blanco who read the inaugural poem.He…

Elementary students in Liberty City are getting lessons from a professional poet through the O, Miami poetry festival.For four weeks students at Orchard…

Secret Sonnets is an O, Miami poetry festival project that translates poems into braille.The author sends a poem to South Plantation High School student…

We read your haikuabout LeBron James leaving.Thanks for the poems.In 2010, WLRN and the Miami Herald collected poems to welcome the arrival of LeBron…