When David Harrison originally asked me to write my first column for “Poetry from Daily Life,” I spoke of Harry Bliss’ New Yorker cartoon: he draws a lady introducing her son as a poet. The folks ...

Breakout poet and mom Jessica Urlichs talks her new book and wows with her nuanced take on motherhood. Don't miss our ...

April is National Poetry Month—perhaps a good time to review the positive aspects of reading and writing poems. Poetry is a genre of writing in which succinct, vivid, and intense language is given to ...

When you fall in love, you sort of losing all rationality. So, you have to really think when it comes to writing poetry. Whether you're in a relationship or you're hoping to be in one with someone in ...

After last year’s eccentric line-up, the £25,000 TS Eliot Prize (the UK’s most illustrious and most lucrative award for a book of verse) is back to business as usual. This is a sane list of mature ...

SAN ANTONIO — A San Antonio teacher published his first book 30 years after he abruptly stopped writing due to discouragement and bullying. Victor Huron is an IT Technology Applications teacher at the ...

The Milwaukee Youth Poet Laureate receives a paid summer internship and mentorship from Woodland Pattern, shares their poetry ...

For the latest "Morning Edition" community poem, Rachel Martin and poet Kwame Alexander ask listeners for poetry submissions. This round, the call-out is for poems in letter, or epistolary, form.

This week’s guest on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Bob Stephens, who lives in Springfield, Missouri. This is Bob’s second column in the series. His first appeared on Jan. 14, 2024. He is a man of many ...