How Poets’ Drafts Reveal the Messy Truth of Writing

Poems contain their own vanished histories.
 
Poets' drafts of poems in progress.
 
Food For Thought: Using Poetry to Break Down Boundaries in Academic Spaces

Poetry allows students to forge connections between academic content and their own lived experiences.
 
 
The Art of the Cento

Centos are the result of play and intuition.
 
 
Write, Revise, Submit

Essential Tips for Undergraduate Writers
 
 
Where Poetry Breathes

A Conversation with Adela Najarro and M. Soledad Caballero
 
 
Color-coded graphic that maps the structure of a Pantoum poem
April 22, 2026
The Paradoxical Liberation of Constraint: Discovering the Generativity of Poetic Forms with Detained Youth
Education

April 17, 2026
Food For Thought: Using Poetry to Break Down Boundaries in Academic Spaces
Features
Poets' drafts of poems in progress.
April 3, 2026
How Poets’ Drafts Reveal the Messy Truth of Writing
Features
Liam McLaughlin reciting at the 2026 Arizona Poetry Out Loud State competition. Liam is standing in front of a microphone, facing away from the camera.
April 2, 2026
Liam McLaughlin returns to the Poetry Out Loud National Semifinals!
Education

March 27, 2026
Pollen-bombing and Pattern-seeking: The Art of the Cento
Features

March 27, 2026
A Ready-to-Teach Poetry Lesson Packet on Joy Harjo's "Eagle Poem"
Education

March 20, 2026
The best poems surprise the poet. Restriction is the trick.
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Student Liam McLaughlin standing and reciting at a microphone at the Poetry Center.
March 10, 2026
Announcing the 2026 Arizona Poetry Out Loud National Finalist, Liam McLaughlin!
Education

March 7, 2026
Unveiling the Unsaid: An Anthology of Response Poems by POL Students
Education

March 6, 2026
Where Poetry Breathes: A Conversation with Adela Najarro and M. Soledad Caballero
Interviews
Poet Logan Phillips.
March 2, 2026
City of Tucson Names Logan Phillips as 2026-2029 Tucson Poet Laureate
Features

February 27, 2026
Announcing the 2025-2026 Arizona Poetry Out Loud State Finalists!
Education

February 20, 2026
Write, Revise, Submit: Essential Tips for Undergraduate Writers
Features

February 13, 2026
"Make fudge and call it love”: The Love Ethics of Poetry & Cooking
Features

February 10, 2026
Announcing the 2025-2026 Arizona Poetry Out Loud Southern Region Finalists!
Education