The 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, inspired poet Amanda Gorman to pen "Hymn for the Hurting." Now it's a song set to ...

Books & the Arts / Pink Dust, a collection about aging and death, offers an optimistic vision of life as a continual act of ...

What is it about life’s big and little moments that calls for a poem? At weddings. At funerals. On greeting cards. In church. On the radio. At moments of great happiness or deep sadness. At beginnings ...

Cecily Parks started writing the poems that would become The Seeds about a decade ago. Now it's finally finished and out in ...

You might wonder where poems come from. I’d like to write a poem, you think. But what should I write about? From poet Sharon Olds: “What you know that I don’t know is what you can tell me in a poem.

"Some poetry of mine is born of actual events and experiences, exploring social themes and human values," says Mukul Kumar, ...

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

Black Poetry Day does more than fill a spot on the calendar; it serves as a reminder that poetry has launched movements, created community, challenged power, and given poets a lane to voice their ...

Love poems are difficult to write and to read because they can be clichéd. This poem surrounds the topic of love versus sinking in it. In the title, love is “an enchantment,” not “my enchantment,” ...

In the mid-2000s, the poet came on stage and introduced big bands. He was even at festivals like Fun, Fun, Fun and Austin ...