People don't read poetry much, and that's a challenge for me to write meaningful poetry, whether it's about life, death, love. Q: In "Surgery" you write, "I am welcomed to the inner sanctum ...

I’m proud to host Poetry from Daily Life. Since starting the column in November 2023, a growing number of wonderfully talented guests from across America and beyond have added their wit and ...

My guest this week on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Lesléa Newman ... Two books she found especially meaningful to write are "I Carry My Mother" and "I Wish My Father," each of which is a memoir ...

This week’s guest on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Matt Mason ... but turned into a meaningful project.” ~ David L. Harrison I’m a fan of narrative poems, poems that tell a story.

“Aesthetic life is a sphere of self-directed activity ... What would count for writers like Lerner and Zapruder as a meaningful poem, or a poem that made a difference? It is almost as though ...

Living a meaningful life. Taking our problems in strife ... I won’t get rich writing poems but it is fun to do. You may like to try writing a poem sometimes. What is really important to each ...

It’s only fitting that the first week of U.S. National Poetry Month in April coincides ... Considering her complicated life, it’s perhaps no surprise that Angelou wrote seven autobiographies ...

Walley-Beckett highlights two of Oliver's poems that were especially meaningful to her own life, "The Uses of Sorrow" and "The Summer Day," and shares how Oliver's work resonates in the character ...