poetry

Poet Joan Murray wrote “Survivors – Found” on an NYC-bound Amtrak train four days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. She met some firemen who were on their way to look for survivors and was inspired to write about those who survived that day. Twenty years later, we look back on that day through her words.

Olympians and Paralympians came up with the lines. We put them together. Use our interactive haiku generator to create a Japanese haiku straight from the athletes.

From Charleston, South Carolina, to San Mateo County in California, poets laureate are receiving support from a program managed by the Academy of American Poets.

We’re blessed. 18-year-old Alexandra Huynh of Sacramento is 2021’s National Youth Poet Laureate. Through her work she wants to elevate her community of Sacramento, California and shed light on the Vietnamese American experience. Watch Huynh read her poem “Inheritance” live on LX News.

“I’m an Asian American woman speaking up.” Alice Tsui’s poem “Golden Light,” shared with NBCLX for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, raises a battle cry against AAPI hate and anti-Blackness.

We gave spoken word poet and America’s Got Talent winner Brandon Leake 4 topics and he had to come up with a poem for each in just a few seconds. And he did a great job!

“National Geographic Presents: IMPACT with Gal Gadot” is a documentary short series that follows women from around the world who are making a difference in their communities. Among them is Detroit figure skating coach Kameryn Everett, who was joined by one of her students, 8-year-old poet Livvy, for a conversation with LX News host Tabitha Lipkin and documentary director Vanessa...

San Diego’s Commission for Arts and Culture launched a digital platform for poetry Friday, including a writing workshop series offered for free to San Diego residents.

“Blackness is the interruption you can’t ignore,” writes Kandice Head. The spoken word artist performed her poem “The Interruption” for NBCLX in honor of Black History Month.

Chase Stokes has one of the hottest shows on Netflix, but success didn’t come easy to the “Outer Banks” star. Stokes talked to LX News’ Tabitha Lipkin about couch-surfing and sleeping in his car before he got his big break, and how he’s used poetry to get him through his hard times.

The 22-year-old breakout star of the Biden inauguration will recognize three honorary game captains the NFL has chosen for Super Bowl LV.

President Biden’s inauguration was historic in more ways than one. But on a day that was curtailed by security threats and pandemic fears, there were many moments that inspired. Watch to see some of the highlights.

It’s not easy stealing the spotlight when you’re sharing the stage with the likes of Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Barack Obama and Michelle Obama (to say nothing of Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez). But that’s exactly what 22-year-old Inaugural youth poet Amanda Gorman did.

Writer and influencer Orion Carloto is opening up beyond Instagram with a new book of her verse and photography. The poet joined LX News to talk about the book, “Film For Her,” and the comeback of poetry as a “cool” art form.

Natasha Miller says the city of Detroit, where she was born and raised, has given her a lot over her life. It has also taken a lot, including her brother, who was shot and killed in the city during a robbery. But now she is honoring the “complicated story” of Detroit with both her words and her community activism.

Street Poets is a non-profit organization using poetry, hip hop and storytelling to break the cycle of violence on the streets of Los Angeles and in juvenile probation centers. NBCLX storyteller Cody Broadway shows us the project that is on the frontlines of transforming the culture of communities in South L.A.

The city is inviting San Diegans to write and submit poetry. NBC 7’s Erika Cervantes has more.

With so many people dealing with stress and anxiety about the coronavirus pandemic, many are looking for ways to deal with their feelings. The city of San Diego has designed a creative program to help people cope with the pandemic through writing poems. It’s called the “San Diego Poetry Together Challenge.” The city’s poet laureate, Ron Salisbury, picks a...