Poet and educator Kwame Alexander stops by to chat about poetry with NPR's Rachel Martin. He shares some ideas for poems to read with kids and tips for getting kids to write some of their own.

To remember the Armenian Genocide, a poet reads 'After the Survivors Are Gone' For Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Peter Balakian reads from his poem After the ...

I was always a reluctant reader of poetry, but memorizing a poem every week gave me a new understanding of myself.

Millions watched Elizabeth Alexander read a poem last month at President Barack Obama's inauguration. But few, so far, have wanted to buy it. IE 11 is not supported.

I remember the heat. A dry, suffocating torrent. The blazing, burning sun baking the tarmac. No clouds, no trees, just a furnace of hate. I feel the hate. I remember the heat. I remember the dust.

The characters in Eduardo Corral’s poems are neither “saints nor sinners.” They are immigrants, as well as daughters, community members, survivors and, like all humans, Corral said, complex.

There are different ways to remember a poem. You might picture parts of the poem, or use its rhythm. Find out more in this Bitesize Primary KS2 English guide.

This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Kate Coombs, who lives in Bountiful, Utah. Kate began writing when she was seven or eight years old and was first published in 2006.