Poetry

Poet KB Brookins is circulating a petition to add a city program that would promote literacy and the arts in Austin.

Austin poet Terry Dawson has responded to the climate change crisis with a poetry collection urging people to take stock of the situation.

Ireland Griffin, 17, hopes to encourage other youth to get involved in creative writing and poetry and have a "safe space to explore creative outlets."

Aspiring youth poets in Austin now have a chance to dig deeper into the craft by applying for the Austin Youth Poet Laureate Program.

Poet and novelist Carrie Fountain talks with poet Matthew Zapruder about the collaboration that inspired his poem "Frankenstein Love" from his collection…

In this edition of This Is Just To Say, poet and novelist Carrie Fountain talks with Palestinian-American poet Naomi Shihab Nye.Nye reads her poem…

A creative writing competition for English- and Spanish-speaking children is accepting submissions through Thursday.It's the second year the Austin-based…

When things get quiet at a bar, many turn to their cell phone as a way to escape that awkward feeling.Bob Makela hopes to change that with Barstool…

Read by Michael LeeThirty minutes leftI scavenge through my houseGrabbing my karaoke machineAll my thingsI don’t want them to get wet or float…

Read by Laurie ViaultYour name means Night; mine is SongTogether we used to fit like a puzzleOnce upon a time we grew up happy; you the stars, I the…