Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Nobody’s Life Is Easy”: Maria Shriver on Poetry, Vulnerability, and Starting Over Maria Shriver is a dear friend, and one of the ...

“It’s one of the moments of Western consciousness,” says Frederick Seidel, 90, the author of more than a dozen collections of ...

On Spotlight Poetry's fifth anniversary, three members reflect on the nonprofit group's creative community work.

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 ...

In her wonderful article in the Mountain Mirror last month, Carol Lannon let us know the month of April is National Poetry ...

Today I’m here with the tiniest pep talk, in case you need one. This one’s as much about saying no as it is about saying yes. In my memoir "You Could Make This Place Beautiful," I wrote, “Life, like a ...

This week’s guest on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Matt Mason, who lives in Omaha, Nebraska. Matt, who was the Nebraska State Poet from 2019-2024, started writing in high school and not long after ...

Poetry can literally give you chills. A Free Press intern explains why — and how to start reading it without fear.

April is National Poetry Month, and this month, The Breeze is highlighting poet Denise Duhamel, a Woonsocket native who has ...