poetry

Wyatt Townley, a fourth-generation Kansan, has been named the new Poet Laureate of Kansas for 2013-2015. A resident of Leawood, Kan., Townley is the…

It’s been a challenging term for outgoing Kansas poet laureate CarynMirriam-Goldberg, who lost her home in 2011, metaphorically speaking. That was when…

Though she’s famous for her family name, Caroline Kennedy has made a name for herself in other ways, too.In the second part of Tuesday's Up to Date, we’ll…

As books editor for The Kansas City Star, John Mark Eberhart was known for encouraging local writers - and publishing their work. Eberhart was also a…

Poet Tracy K. Smith, winner of the 2002 Cave Canem Prize for her collection, The Body's Question, reads from her Pulitzer Prize winning work, Life on…

During the President’s inauguration ceremony on Monday, Richard Blanco delivered a poem written especially for this occasion. At age 44, he is not only…

Poet William Trowbridge has been appointed Missouri's next poet Laureate, and is the first Kansas City poet to receive the title.He was a guest on Central…

Let’s play a word association game. What’s do you think when I say, “Kansas City?” Barbecue? The Royals? How about jazz? Now what about when I say “Jazz,”…

Kansas City poet XanathCaraza recently published the poetry chapbook Corazon Pintado, a book of "ekphrastic poems" – or poems that respond to other works…

Turner High School teachers Marlee Stempleman and Jessica Kendall have fashioned a poetry project called the Troubadours Poetry Club where students…

Poet and mentor Phil Miller believed that anyone can write a good poem who's willing to do the work. Join poets Randy Ratliff and Eve Ott as we remember…

At the beginning of May, a national art project started here in Kansas City. This was first stop on a national tour for a conversation in the form of…