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 ...

I’m David Harrison, Missouri’s 7th Poet Laureate. I live with my wife, Sandy, in Springfield, where it is my pleasure to host "Poetry from Daily Life." Since starting the column in November 2023, a ...

Breakout poet and mom Jessica Urlichs talks her new book and wows with her nuanced take on motherhood. Don't miss our ...

This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Irene Latham, who lives on a lake in rural Alabama. Irene has loved poetry since childhood when her father introduced her to poems by Shel Silverstein.

Rutzel’s poetry defies convention. Some verses rhyme, others don’t—but all pulse with honesty, humor, and a deep sense of relatability. Whether pondering the mysteries of happiness, the passage of ...

If there is anything in this life that truly embodies the beauty of rebirth and new beginnings, it’s springtime. Sometimes it comes slow, sometimes it bursts forth suddenly, but springtime always ...

Poets Alan Shapiro (left) and Jonathan Farmer (right) discuss the communal nature of poetry. Poetry has always been at the center of the friendship between Alan Shapiro and Jonathan Farmer. They met ...

November of 2016 saw the arrival of “Forever Words: The Unknown Poems,” a posthumous collection of unpublished poetry written by Johnny Cash, the first person ever to be inducted into both the country ...

Poets can bring the beauty of nature to life with their words. On your next hike, bring some poetry with you, and enjoy your time on trail in a new way. To get you started, here are six hikes, paired ...

I recently taught a short six-class course for Homeschool Connections on “Poems Every Catholic Should Know.” The text for the course was my book of the same title, which is an anthology of Christian ...

I’ll admit I came to “The Collected Poems of Delmore Schwartz” (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, $50) with some trepidation. James Atlas’ masterful biography “Delmore Schwartz: The Life of an American Poet ...