Love has certainly been painful for Mitchell. The poems found in this collection reveal a heart-wrenching portrait of Mitchell’s life: a cheating husband, distant lovers, lost family, sick children.

A version of this story ran in the January / February 2025 issue. Write about the untouchable. Something out of arm’s reach, like freedom, the stars, or you. Write an ode to misfits. A poem of ...

Dean Kalimniou reviews Stolen Violets by Maria A. Kampyli—a poetic reflection on memory, loss, solitude, and survival written ...

Poetry therapy is the clinical practice of using poetic tools to support emotional regulation, trauma recovery, and identity development. When thoughtfully integrated into therapy, especially with ...

(Shyamasri Maji teaches English at Durgapur Women’s College in Durgapur, West Bengal. She writes short stories and poems in English, some of which have been published in Muse India, Six Seasons ...

DEAR READERS: Wishing you and your families a very happy Easter and Passover. Spring is a time to get outdoors and play. It is a time for new beginnings and fresh starts.

Devastated by her loss, Doris Hernandez, 66, found solace and strength through poetry. ... have felt the searing pain of losing a child to gang violence in Chicago’s Little Village.

Dear Readers: Below are some of my favorite poems about spring and joy and the innocence and beauty of childhood.