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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEWBURYPORT — The deadline for entries has been extended for the 19th annual Greater Newburyport Favorite Poem Project, which will take place during Yankee Homecoming on July 31 at 3 p.m. The deadline ...

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 ...

ATTLEBORO - Residents are invited to contribute their favorite poems for the Attleboro Public Library's inaugural Favorite Poem Project. The project, which will be presented in celebration of Poetry ...

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 ...

“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 ...

For Robert Pinsky, the pleasure in poetry comes from the music of the language, and not from the meaning of the words. So he put together an anthology of 80 poems that are models by master poets-- ...