Poetry

Nearly 2,000 Idaho students, from every corner of the Gem State, participated in this year's Poetry Out Loud competition - sponsored by the Idaho…

Poet Jasmine Mans caused a stir when a video of her performing her poem “Footnotes for Kanye” went viral on YouTube. Since then, she’s built a big…

What do storytelling and railroads have in common? Story Story Night is celebrating their annual "Slammer of the Year" competition next week, with the…

The National Endowment for the Humanities was founded in 1965 by Congress. There are 56 humanities councils around the country, including here in Idaho.…

Four early poems and an essay disappeared from poet Anne Sexton's oeuvre of work. They have been recently re-discovered and will be published this month…

Last week, the recipients of the 2018 Governor's Awards in the Arts were announced and they included former Boise Poet Laureate and Idaho…

Writers from around the country will gather Sunday as part of an international movement to talk about democratic ideals. In Idaho, writers will gather in…

It was 65 years ago, deep in the Idaho wilderness, when one woman took poetry, turned it into music, and recorded it. Her collection of songs and poems…

Much to the lament of his many fans, cowboy poet Baxter Black is taking a break from the stage. Black has been entertaining audiences for more than 25…

Tuesday night high school artists decorated the sidewalks around the Boise Art Museum with chalk. Each chalk drawing was inspired by a winning poem from a…