With previously uncollected or unpublished works, a definitive edition deepens our understanding of the Nobel laureate’s ...
Pink Dust, a collection about aging and death, offers an optimistic vision of life as a continual act of reading.
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 ...
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.
For centuries, poets have turned to autumn as a mirror for the human condition, a season oscillating between abundance and ...
November stands as a quiet bridge between autumn’s golden farewell and winter’s silver silence. It is a month of reflection, ...
The 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, inspired poet Amanda Gorman to pen "Hymn for the Hurting." Now it's a song set to ...
For Anna Mekunts, poetry is less a craft than a state of being. She writes as she feels — without prescribed forms or rules — ...
Read Part 1: ‘I Am the Bridge’: How a poem being presented at an African cultural event in Arvada was created by 50 people from different ethnicities and cultures In the days leading up to her part in ...
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,” ...
“Cowgirl Poetry” is a compilation of poems “celebrating life in this valley and the healing power of ranch life, horses, and ...
Expert astrologers have paired each birth month with a classic poem that reflects the essence of one's soul. Read on to ...