Snippets of poetry have provided writer Irene Latham enough wisdom to fill a book. She shares several in this week's column.

“Nouns & Verbs: New and Selected Poems” is a rich and invigorating ... On the micro-level, McGrath aims to portray contemporary American life as it is, in all its giddy diversity and quotidian ...

meaningful poems on his typewriter while dressed up as a wild animal. It’s not what most children dream of becoming as adults, but it’s an integral part of his life and a way to connect with ...

Valmiki eloquently describes the toils of daily village life from a Dalit perspective ... read as adding another layer of meaning to the poem. Nouns are passive objects while verbs represent ...

This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Maryfrances Wagner, who lives in the Greater Kansas City Area. This is her second column in the series. The first appeared on Nov. 19, 2023.

as well as into the life of this singular poem. Along the way, we readers hear a good deal of nattering about Sansom's own life: how, for instance, his sister in Australia thinks he should buy a ...

By Joshua Clover Selected by Anne Boyer Joshua Clover’s “My Life in the New Millennium” begins with a thorny, if familiar, either/or. Then the poem moves quickly to accrue its juxtapositions ...

This is a poem Alex wrote shortly before he was killed in a mass shooting at his school. Click here for the eulogy his father wrote for his funeral. Life Is Like A Roller Coaster A Free Verse ...

The poem reflects his joy in seeing the students enjoy playing music even under COVID-19 restrictions, as well as his desire for life to return to normal soon. The annual ceremony was held in the ...