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 Alan Katz, who lives in Milford, Connecticut. Alan says, “I’ve been writing since Miss Gordon showed me the alphabet in kindergarten. But I’ve been a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If I ever write a memoir, I'd like to title it "Everything I Know About Life I Learned in a Poem." Of course, the marketing team ...

“I have a dream.” You have heard the line. But what you may not know is that the poetry of Langston Hughes influenced Martin Luther King Jr.’s best-known speech, which he delivered during the 1963 ...

When Cyprus Mail published “A poem for Cyprus” in honor of Independence Day, it underscored something many on the island ...

I've been thinking lately about what is only able to be said through poetry. How a poem can transform a moment into a feeling and make a memory come to life. Poetry has an incantatory effect; I read a ...

"It's kind of about the dream world, which is very important to him," said Dr. Susie Paul, a master educator with a deep love ...