Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Too often, when people think of poetry they think, 'Oh great, another love poem.' Or another nature poem, or another poem rife ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If I ever write a memoir, I'd like to title it "Everything I Know About Life I Learned in a Poem." Of course, the marketing team ...
On Spotlight Poetry's fifth anniversary, three members reflect on the nonprofit group's creative community work.
This week’s guest on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Matt Mason, who lives in Omaha, Nebraska. Matt, who was the Nebraska State Poet from 2019-2024, started writing in high school and not long after ...
In her wonderful article in the Mountain Mirror last month, Carol Lannon let us know the month of April is National Poetry ...
The Academy of American Poets launched National Poetry Month in April 1996 to celebrate the role of poets and poetry in American culture. Since then, it's become one of the largest literary ...
Maria Shriver’s first foray into poetry is about as personal as it gets. On Saturday, Oct. 19, the journalist, 68, announced in her newsletter, Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper, that she is gearing up to ...
My guest this weekend on Poetry from Daily Life is William Trowbridge, who lives in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. Bill says he came late into writing poetry. He was studying for his PhD comps when he came ...
“I’m so proud of that poem, that speaks more to the life than anything I’ve done since or before,” he said. His poetry also speaks on the struggles faced by farmers in the West, like the drought. In ...
Poetry can literally give you chills. A Free Press intern explains why — and how to start reading it without fear.
The pioneer of the Harlem Renaissance wrote about race, love, ordinary Americans and relatable struggles. These phenomenal Langston Hughes poems are the perfect introduction to his impressive body of ...
This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Irene Latham, who lives on a lake in rural Alabama. Irene has loved poetry since childhood when her father introduced her to poems by Shel Silverstein.