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 memorized to be passed down, as people didn’t have printing presses or ...

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 ...

This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Charles Ghigna — Father Goose — who lives in Homewood, Alabama. Charles has been a writer for fifty years and loves to “celebrate life through the eyes ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Constance (Connie) Levy, who lives in St. Louis in a neighborhood of trees, birds, squirrels and other creatures she welcomes into her poems. Connie ...

Reading is writing, writing is reading and it's a good idea not to judge yourself with what you read. Especially poetry for young people. These are things that have helped me throughout the years. I ...

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 ...

Ben Neideigh, of Brickerville, didn’t expect to make good on his goal to write poems for a year straight. A handful of Facebook friends liked and commented under the 2014 announcement. There, he ...

At some point in our lives, most of us seem to have decided that poetry is too precious for us. That it requires sitting quietly, alone in a silent room, to really appreciate or understand. That if we ...

With some oversized “seed packets,” Loveland poet Joanna Rago will grow some poetry to raise funds for the Loveland Youth Gardeners. “As any ‘mother’ would, I want to continue to support the ...

Poetry lovers can call 503-928-7008 to hear a new daily poem through the end of April. DeAgostini / Getty Images Anis Mojgani was named Oregon’s poet laureate in April 2020, just weeks after the Covid ...

As a commuter tried to make out the words of Richard C. Shaner’s “Gilman Pond Mountain,” someone walked right over it. Partially funded through a $45,000 grant from the Federal Transit Administration ...

DULUTH — Author Eric Chandler likes to move fast. He moved fast as an Air Force F-16 fighter pilot in combat. He moves fast as a United Airlines Boeing 737 pilot. He sometimes moves fast when he trail ...