I hope you are enjoying our Sunday column, “Poetry from Daily Life,” which provides each week the wit, wisdom, and experiences of poets and authorities on poetry. By offering such a rich mix of voices ...

Poetry can express thoughts and emotions in freeing and insightful ways that prose simply cannot. For those who have never ...

April is National Poetry Month and as this year marks the 25th annual celebration of poets and poetry, Philadelphia’s poet laureate Trapeta B. Mayson encourages all people to seek healing, comfort and ...

Linda Hogan & Alberto Ríos explore their poems with host Elisa New, Jeff Corwin & more. Two poems, by Linda Hogan and Alberto Ríos, follow wolves, jackrabbits, and other animals across the harsh Great ...

Anis Mojgani Anis Mojgani reading poems from his studio. Photo by Chelsea Querner. Oregon’s poetry hotline is back in service. Oregon poet laureate Anis Mojgani has relaunched the Tele-Poem Telephone ...

Poetic beginnings — first lines, or first poems in collections — do a lot of work in setting the tone and the reader’s expectations. By Elisa Gabbert Poker players have an expression for that moment ...