Life is a barren field. Frozen with snow. A key figure of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s, Langston Hughes wrote about Black life and culture, revealing through his words his people’s music ...

Snapshots of life. Poems are multi-splendored things. What poetry is doesn’t matter as much as what it does. Expectations and perceptions differ from reader to reader, from need to need.

I’m David Harrison, Missouri’s 7th Poet Laureate. I live with my wife, Sandy, in Springfield, where it is my pleasure to host "Poetry from Daily Life." Since starting the column in November ...

This week’s guest on “Poetry from Daily Life” is Joseph Bruchac, who lives in Greenfield Center, New York. Joe has been writing since his 2nd grade teacher, Mrs. Monthony, praised one of his ...

How Poetry Can Change Your Life ... more than 90 psychiatric nursing students were asked to write simple poetry that represented their feelings about mental health and mental health services.

Murji says he and Haile came up with the idea in the summer of 2023, reflecting on their commutes to school from Scarborough and the impact that Poetry on the Way – an old program discontinued ...

22-word love poem may look simple – but it's deemed one of best ever The poem, '40 Love' has been hailed on social media as both 'beautiful' and 'genius' with it's unusual layout mimicking a ...

A Humble Life: Plain Poems Linda Oatman High. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, $23 (40pp) ISBN 978-0-8028-5207-6 ...

A poem can lift the spirits and nourish the soul. This week, let’s all learn one together! Meet your poem Rhythm and rhyme Made in N.Y.C. Greet the day Keep your poem By A.O. Scott and Aliza ...