Poetry doesn’t just reflect life—it makes life an object of art. Whatever state or mood you’re in, poems about life are there ...

This is most likely where I found poetry, although I wasn’t aware of it at the time. The creek held a secret world where I ...

Words and sounds can establish a rhythm for your poem and capture the reader or listener's imagination, author Michelle ...

A year after David Harrison began the "Poetry from Daily Life" column, he has received funding to record the contributors ...

As part of the Shaker, Why Don’t You Sing collection, this poem highlights the turmoil of navigating life’s challenges and the constant ebb and flow that can come with feelings of despair and ...

“Thanksgiving” by Hanford Lennox Gordon is a prime example: It was written during the Panic of 1857, a U.S. financial crisis that made life feel like “winter’s storm.” In the poetry ...

This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Michelle Schaub, who lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, “tucked up against the Rocky Mountain foothills.” She began writing for children after a ...