As an esteemed poet and a retired professor of philosophy at UW-Milwaukee, John Koethe kept those two worlds separate. “I used to make a point of saying I don’t write philosophical poems,” he says.

The Road Unknown by Randy J. Smith is a collection of poems reflecting his cancer experience ... his writing captures the essence of life in the American Midwest. With a heartfelt dedication ...

Poetry doesn’t just reflect life—it makes life an object of art. Whatever state or mood you’re in, poems about life are there ...