Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I’m a fan of narrative poems, poems that tell a story. As I see it, that’s how poetry started, with epic poems that had to be ...

Some readers feel intimidated by poetry. Maybe somewhere along the way, the emphasis was placed on what a poem means. What a poem “means” is the consolation prize. Besides, nobody knows — not the ...

When I met my wonderful wife Rose, we found it funny that we were both writers. I wrote comedy for television and advertising, and she was a gifted (Pulitzer-nominated!) journalist and poet. Rose ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Timothy Rasinski, who lives in Stow, Ohio. Tim was told he was a good writer during his master’s degree program. However, his writing is not poetry, but ...

Human speech is rich with rhythm. As a person speaks, certain syllables are naturally emphasized, whereas others blend into the background. In this way, regular conversation becomes poetic. Language ...

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 ...

My guest this week on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Amos Bridges, who lives in Springfield, Missouri. Amos is the editor-in-chief for the Springfield News-Leader who gave this column the green light two ...

This week’s guest on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Matt Forrest Esenwine, who lives in Warner, New Hampshire. Matt is an award-winning children’s author and poet who began writing poems when he was 9 ...

Poetry Daily: A new poem by Sarah Gridley, associate professor of English in the College of Arts and Sciences, was featured as part of a celebration of National Poetry Month—and also in appreciation ...

April is National Poetry Month, a time to honor poetry in all forms and poets from all backgrounds. In honor of the celebration, Princeton Professor of Poetry Lynn Melnick offered reflections on the ...