Then they say, ‘Okay, wow, cool. I can’t wait!’ The truth is, I’ve waited a long time to publish my new book: I Am Maria: My Poems and Reflections on Heartbreak, Healing, and Hope,” she ...

“During the pandemic, a high school poetry club of Indigenous students invited me to give a reading. I shared poems I’d written about murdered and missing Indigenous relatives, poems about ancestral ...

Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...

Enjoy an evening of free poetry courtesy of poet/activist/JCU professor Philip Metres. He writes “poems with a worldview,” that are relevant and steeped in politics. No fluff here. More info: Philip ...

While we're likely all familiar with quite possibly the most famous Halloween poem for kids — yes, I'm talking about the "trick or treat, smell my feet..." one — there are actually quite a few ...

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I wonder if I will miss the moss,” by Jane Mead, and his own poem “Mother.” ...

62. "We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the ...

It’s funny; I didn’t intend “Loose Lips” to serve as group therapy for writers ... You read some of these headlines and you ...

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Poetry is close to my heart. I would be lost without its very specific magic, its ability to spark wonder and shock and to open up fresh vistas on life in God. But as W. H. Auden famously says in his ...