We are pleased to announce that the Center is the new permanent home for the Favorite Poem Project. Founded by former Poet Laureate and William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor Robert Pinsky, ...

Robert Pinsky, the founder of the Favorite Poem Project, speaks to an audience prior to poetry readings. COURTESY OF LAURA MARRIS Professors and students filled the George Sherman Union’s Conference ...

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 National Favorite Poem Project returns to Newburyport High School with everyone encouraged to submit a favorite poem, along with a brief explanation how the poem was discovered and ...

Pov Chin thinks that Langston Hughes’ “Minstrel Man” is about her. And after listening to the California teenager read the poem, Robert Pinsky thinks she’s right. Chin recites “Minstrel Man” on a DVD ...

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 ...

“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 ...