Poetry can help us to both celebrate life and to face the challenges of this world. When I was 12, my father died of cancer. In those days, people did not talk to children about death like they do ...

NPR's Scott Detrow sat down with poet Kate Baer at Midtown Scholar, a bookstore in Harrisburg, Penn., to talk about her new book of poetry, How About Now.

The event celebrates the Lake Country Journals’ Poetry Contest, “Sweet Life” which garnered over 80 poems from throughout the ...

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 at the publishing house will likely never allow it — I'm told “poem” or ...

One of my strongest poetry memories took place at a black-tie dinner at the Library of Congress where George W. Bush introduced his wife Laura with a poem. He explained that she had been away on a ...

Where do poems come from? I’m asked that question a lot. Where do you get your ideas? Where do poems come from? After my school assembly programs, I like to allow time for students and teachers to ask ...

Today’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Scot Young, who grew up in Raytown, Missouri before settling in Ozark County. He has been writing since his junior and high school days. Scot says he ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Alan Katz, who lives in Milford, Connecticut. Alan says, “I’ve been writing since Miss Gordon showed me the alphabet in kindergarten. But I’ve been a ...

Jill Bialosky draws the epigraph for her ninth book, “Poetry Will Save Your Life: A Memoir,” from the poem “Dedication” by Czeslaw Milosz, which asks: “What is poetry which does not save / Nations or ...

“Cowgirl Poetry” is a compilation of poems “celebrating life in this valley and the healing power of ranch life, horses, and ...

The 2025 Tsaloumas Memorial Lecture at Melbourne’s Greek Centre will explore poetry, history and diaspora, honouring poet ...