To some, the thought of writing poetry can be intimidating. Over the next several weeks we’ll share tips from our past poets laureate and other well-known local poets to help ease the way.

Her performance about writing poetry to entertain and educate has since received over 5 million views on the TED website. Sarah Kay: If I Should Have A Daughter … Kay believes that communication ...

Modern life presents unprecedented challenges to mental health, with stress levels reaching alarming heights across all ...

Here are five tips from poet, Oliver Lomax, to help you get started on your poetry journey. Tip 2: Keep a diary about what's going on at home, real life events are great for inspiration.

At the Dodge Poetry festival he talked about the craft of writing poetry. Here are five takeaways from his talk. 1. Use emotion wisely. Collins said even when poets read their work, they should be ...

The elusive art of poetry isn’t so hard to master if you ... might be her practice of lying in an open coffin to prep for writing. ... is best eaten in the tub. Agatha Christie would chow ...

For new writers, trying to find a voice to call yours can be the most difficult part and trying to box yourself into a style of writing for the sake of 'sounding poetic' can divebomb your passion ...

That's why we asked five of our most recent past winners of the CBC Poetry Prize for their best writing tips. Here's what they told CBC Books. Matthew Hollett is a writer and photographer ...

So I think it's better to think here I am writing a poem than here I am writing poetry. But I think my general ... MARTIN: Do you have any other tips for our Twitter poets who might want to ...