Former Quad City Poet Laureate Dale Haake will teach a free workshop on how to read your poetry out loud from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m.Thursday, March 31, at theMidwest Writing Center, in the Bucktown Center ...

Human speech is rich with rhythm. As a person speaks, certain syllables are naturally emphasized, whereas others blend into the background. In this way, regular conversation becomes poetic. Language ...

This week’s guest on “Poetry from Daily Life” is Marilyn Singer, who divides her time between Brooklyn, New York and Washington, Connecticut. Marilyn has been a writer for fifty years and enjoys many ...