Washington poet Eric Ode often finds ideas while out walking. Here he shares a poem inspired by the prickly (or not) holly ...

My guest this week on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Mary Margaret Hughes, who lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Her introduction to poetry came early when her mother read Shel Silverstein books to her. She ...

Snapshots of life. Poems are multi-splendored things. What poetry is doesn’t matter as much as what it does. Expectations and perceptions differ from reader to reader, from need to need.

This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Charles Ghigna — Father Goose — who lives in Homewood, Alabama. Charles has been a writer for fifty years and loves to “celebrate life ...

This week’s guest on Poetry in Daily Life is Nile Stanley, PhD, who lives in Jacksonville, Florida. A teacher educator, artist-in-residence, and researcher for 36 years, he has been on a mission ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Alan Katz, who lives in Milford, Connecticut. Alan says, “I’ve been writing since Miss Gordon showed me the alphabet in kindergarten. But I’ve ...

How memorizing poetry can expand your life. I was always a reluctant reader of poetry, but memorizing a poem every week gave me a new understanding of myself. July 25, 2024. 9 min ...

More than 100 modest and intimately scaled artworks in Still Life and the Poetry of Place provide glimpses into interiors, both humble and opulent. Jane Freilicher, "One Cat, Two Fish" (1974), oil ...

Tariq Alexander Qaiser is a distinguished, award-winning architect and a celebrated ecologist, filmmaker, photographer and author. His third book, and his first poetry collection, Soliloquies ...

Maria Shriver's very first poetry book, 'I Am Maria: My Poems and Reflections on Heartbreak, Healing, and Hope,' will be released on April 1, 2025. The book is a 'deeply personal' collection of ...

The close passing of the poetry critics Marjorie Perloff and Helen Vendler is a moment to recognize the end of an era. Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Alan Thomas; Lilian Kemp / Radcliffe ...