Regardless of how you found your favorite poem or poet, there’s a spiritual reason behind the poetry that has left a mark on ...

Today’s column is written by David L. Harrison, host of Poetry from Daily Life. He lives with his wife Sandy, a retired school counselor and businesswoman, in Springfield, Missouri. This is the 53rd ...

I’m David Harrison, Missouri’s 7th Poet Laureate. I live with my wife, Sandy, in Springfield, where it is my pleasure to host "Poetry from Daily Life." Since starting the column in November 2023, a ...

Today I’m here with the tiniest pep talk, in case you need one. This one’s as much about saying no as it is about saying yes. In my memoir "You Could Make This Place Beautiful," I wrote, “Life, like a ...

Poetry, perhaps more than any other genre, shows us how important it is to connect with a real human presence. The class I am ...

I recently taught a short six-class course for Homeschool Connections on “Poems Every Catholic Should Know.” The text for the course was my book of the same title, which is an anthology of Christian ...

Joshua Clover begins with hating people and loving cats, quickly adding juxtapositions and surprises. By Joshua Clover Selected by Anne Boyer Joshua Clover’s “My Life in the New Millennium” begins ...

Just about every day now has a special observance associated with it. Among other things, April 30th is National Honesty Day, ...

American poet Emily Dickinson. A mystical recluse, she lived all her life in Amherst, Massachusetts. Emily Dickinson was a 19th-century American poet whose name has become synonymous with classic ...