Poetry and community go hand-in-hand. Sometimes lacking a defined form but always full of heart, they create a space for discussing, relating, exploring, expressing, healing. This year's Free Verse ...

The page is turning this time of year in Charleston. The Wine + Foodies have long since left the table; Spoleto fans are resigned to chamber music reruns on NPR; and the SEWE crowd is off mucking ...

What weeping face is that looking from the window? Why does it stream those sorrowful tears? Is it for some burial place, vast and dry? Is it to wet the soil of graves? This poem is written in free ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X In addition to a week of events — from a student poetry show to an evening of dance — Free Verse ...

IT is odd that people who feel virtuous in spending ten dollars for a seat at the opera, or a hundred dollars for a modern painting (let us put it mildly), do not dream of spending a dollar for the ...

Narrative means story and a narrative poem tells a story. Lots of poems are mainly about thoughts and feelings and not about telling a story, so this is a key difference. Key features of narrative ...