Franklin Abbott’s newest book, “My Ordinary Life,” is more than a collection of story poems. It’s a quiet reckoning with the extraordinary weight of recent years. With a gentle yet unflinching voice, ...

An anthology of her teenage poetry, published for the first time, shows ambition, even if the verse isn’t perfect.

For a writing exercise, Purpura suggested taking a work-in-progress piece to an unfamiliar space and reading it aloud, taking ...

The Chorale, appearing on April 23 and 27 in the Katherine L. White Choral Festival at Vashon Center for the Arts, has ...

Nest of Matches, the ingenious and savvy new book by Amie Whittemore, out from Autumn House Press, is full of such ...

"Don't count your chickens before they hatch," "The early bird catches the worm" — these and other proverbs are poems condensed across generations.

As Sergio Arias Cestoni returned Thursday to North Shore University Hospital, the 47-year-old couldn’t help but remember the despair he felt during three long months fighting for his life there.

ECSTASY: Poems, by Alex Dimitrov In his seminal “Letters to a Young Poet,” Rainer Maria Rilke encourages his long-distance apprentice ... not take ourselves, or life, too seriously.

The poem aligns with the series' overarching message of appreciating life's simple pleasures. The integration of these poems enriches the drama's narrative, offering viewers a deeper understanding ...

First there is the interesting vocabulary, phrases not available in everyday conversation, then simple but memorable ... For instance in a long car trip, when it wasn’t my turn to drive, I ...

On a long walk, I realized that my life is like a poem in another way ... It amazes me now to think about how simple my life is right now, and by simple I don’t mean easy; I mean pared down.

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 ...