Rap and poetry have long been intertwined. Here, a handful of writers share some of the tracks that have helped them hone their own craft. The band The Roots at the House of Blues in Chicago, Ill ...

Poetry is no longer something we curl up to with a cup of tea. Instead, we take it in through earbuds. And America has never loved it more.

Rap is verse poetry, in all of its verbal richness and rhythmic variety, a deft stylization of speech into art. (I am referring to rap — i.e., ...

April is National Poetry Month, and there is cause for celebration. Not just of poetry itself but also of the fact that, as parents, teachers, publishers and kids know, the pleasure of poetry is a ...

The Poetry of Rap by professor of African American and African Studies Alexs Pate fights back against the conception of rap as offensive swill and advocates for the recognition of the artistry of ...

Poetry is the structural rhetoric used to evoke emotional qualities. Rap is, at the etymological root, the chanting of rhymed lyrics in time to a beat. The literary facet of poetry has been around ...

For Noname, one of the early entry points to creative writing and rap was the YOUmedia project at the Chicago Public Library, where she took a poetry workshop as a teen and started an open-mic ...

While rap and poetry share common elements of rhythm, rhyme, and storytelling, their differences in form, delivery, and cultural roots highlight their distinct artistic identities.

In the 1950s, the Beat poets made verse ...

Twenty nervous teens waited to read their poetry at the offices of Voices UnBroken, a youth program in the Bronx. “Who wants to go first?” asked Victoria Sammartino, executive director … ...