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 ...

Human speech is rich with rhythm. As a person speaks, certain syllables are naturally emphasized, whereas others blend into the background. In this way, regular conversation becomes poetic. Language ...

I write a poem a day (sometimes more) for three reasons. First for finger exercises that wake up both fingers and brain. Second, I use it observationally, and by that, I mean to sharpen my ...

Walking has always been for me not just exercise but also a source of inspiration for poetry. Almost every morning, no matter the weather, I walk with my dog along the abandoned log road just down the ...

As Poetry from Daily Life draws to a close, News-Leader editor Amos Bridges weighs in on the virtue of short and to the point.

Ben Neideigh, of Brickerville, didn’t expect to make good on his goal to write poems for a year straight. A handful of Facebook friends liked and commented under the 2014 announcement. There, he ...

As regular readers and letter authors may be aware, the ADN generally doesn’t print poems submitted as letters to the editor. But on one day each year, we make a one-day exception to our usual policy, ...

MATT WALSH (HOST): Now, of course, when this dumb politician says that America no longer represents what the statue symbolizes, he's talking mainly about the poem on the statue. Like, what does the ...

Northwestern’s Workshop in Trans Studies organized a poetry night Thursday evening with readings by two transgender writers in University Hall. The Workshop in Trans Studies is a graduate working ...