Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Bob Yaw tapped the rhythm of his words on a bedspread, carefully keeping time to each syllable.

Like a concept album set loose on the screen, Ralf Schmerberg's "Poem -- I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me" is alternately astonishing, half-mad, right-brain and literal-minded. Film offers ...

If you've ever fancied yourself as a poet but don't quite have the lyrical and rhythmic skills one might require, Google's Verse by Verse tool can help you to craft the most delectable verse. The ...