How many poems do you know by heart? Not nursery rhymes or limericks, but poems of subtle structure and nuance, written in iambic pentameter, dactylic hexameter, AABB, or blank verse. If you are like ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this story incorrectly listed the number of performers who could qualify for prizes of $1,000-$20,000, plus money for their schools, in the national Poetry Out Loud ...

SJRVP Mandal’s Shanti Niketan English Medium School conducted its 12th inter-school rhyme recitation competition here on Saturday. HUBLI: SJRVP Mandal’s Shanti Niketan English Medium School conducted ...

Being able to recite a poem by heart is impressive so – as National Poetry Day’s theme this year is “remembering” – Tony Mitton picks out 10 perfect poems to learn, love and recite There’s something ...

In 2005, the National Endowment for the Arts, together with the Poetry Foundation, established Poetry Out Loud, a program intended to encourage “the nation’s youth to learn about great poetry through ...

Rachel Alexander Cambre, Ph.D., is a visiting fellow with the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies and the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation. In his rousing keynote ...

I have 2 questions: The first one is my friend told me that reciting Quran same as singing is unlawful, so how do I know the different between reciting melodiously and singing? Second, I often running ...

Author and elocutionist trainer Moona Chowdhury organized a gathering of poets in Pathak Shamabesh Center, located in Shahbagh, under the banner of her recitation school, Kabbokola, on Thursday. The ...

Rhymes ‘n’ Recitation Day was organised at the school. The themes chosen for awesome rendition were enchanting which gave the onlookers both food for thought and infotainment. From ‘We are the best’, ...

Does Sukumar Roy need garnishing? Does Abol Tabol really need a musical dip? The modest turnout at the poet’s 101st birth anniversary celebrations, at Nehru Children’s Museum on October 30, seemed to ...

In his rousing keynote address at The Heritage Foundation’s 50 th anniversary gala last month, then-Fox News host Tucker Carlson offered an unexpected piece of advice: “Don’t throw away your hard-copy ...