You might have memorised and performed a poem in class before. This is called learning a poem ‘off by heart’. It’s a great way to really show you understand the poem and have some fun ...

When you remember a poem, you learn it so well that you can say it out loud perfectly. There are ways you can remember a poem more easily. Think about the story that the poem tells. You got it!

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “When,” by Elizabeth Alexander, and his own poem “Colosseum.” Sometimes seen as the stuff of commencement addresses, his poems are hard to ...