NEWBURYPORT — The brainchild of former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, the National Favorite Poem Project was launched in 1997 to celebrate the sheer pleasure of poetry with the public at large.

Guest columnist Beth Ann Fennelly analyzes Shakespeare's Sonnet 29 for its enduring relevance. The sonnet describes a speaker's journey from self-pity and envy to finding joy through love. Shakespeare ...

NEWBURYPORT — The 19th annual Greater Newburyport Favorite Poem Project will take place during Yankee Homecoming on July 31 at 3 p.m. For 17 years, audiences attended the event on the last Sunday of ...

I’m Ann Fisher-Wirth, the Poet Laureate for Mississippi 2025-2029, and I want to tell you about my new podcast series called “The Favorite Poem Project,” available through the Mississippi Arts ...

“Americans are not necessarily a bunch of jerks focused on cars, clothes or other material things,” Robert Pinsky said. “A poem is not a test to say something smart.” Pinsky, a College of Arts and ...

Former U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky (Jersey Rain) founded the Favorite Poem Project during his tenure, resulting in an anthology (Americans' Favorite Poems) and other disseminations. Again with ...

The beaming smile and laughter-creased face of Elizabeth Wojtusik on the Favorite Poem Project website tells it all. Undeniable emotion emanates even more as the Humarock, Mass., teaching consultant ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — On Saturday, February 14, Poetry Palooza’s Favorite Poem Project returns on Valentine’s Day at RDG Planning & Design, 301 Grand Avenue. A diverse group of 12 leaders from Central ...

Shaykh Yasir F. Fahmy reads “The Prayer of the Oppressed” by Imam Muhammad al-Dar’i at A Celebration of Voices: Favorite Poem Reading hosted by The Favorite Poem Project and BU Arts Initiative at the ...