My writing process has changed. I learned to surrender to the pain and even befriend it. When I write a poem about my grief, I often open a sealed bag that holds Kenny’s unwashed basketball jersey.

The hurt boy and the birds A boy expresses his pain through communion with nature. Poetry jump-up A joyful celebration of words in verse. There are eight programmes in this series. Each of the ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama about a new poetry anthology he edited called "44 Poems on Being with Each Other" and his own collection called "Kitchen Hymns." ...