Art can help us make sense of the world, and these moving poems about life offer a better understanding of the ups and downs ...

In my memoir "You Could Make This Place Beautiful," I wrote, “Life, like a poem, is a series of choices.” The choices we make in a poem — line length, tone, diction, point-of-view ...

Navigate your way into this beautiful art form with this list ... So where should you start for the best poems about life and all its ups and downs? Make your way through this list, and you ...