An 8-year-old. A 22-year-old MFA student. An 80-year-old retiree. What they all have in common is that they’re emerging poets who’ve visited Dallas Poet Laureate Joaquín Zihuatanejo’s office hours at ...

I'm not sure I understand the primal fear poetry inspires in so many. My conversations with people of all ages and walks of life suggest that most assume it to be an art utterly out of reach. Take my ...