So that's the way that we speak in everyday life with our friends and family. Free verse and narrative poems can sometimes seem similar, but they are not the same. One key difference is that ...

I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death. “How do I love thee” might be one of the most beautiful love poems for ...

Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include an extraordinary posthumous collection from Gboyega Odubanjo and JH Prynne’s ...

How do we make sense and live harmoniously with nature and amongst ourselves? Sense-making focuses on context over content ...

This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Kate Coombs, who lives in Bountiful, Utah. Kate began writing when she was ...

The sad news of the death of the poet and novelist Helen Dunmore at the age of 64 came just a few days after her subtle and warmly human poem, The Place of Ordinary Souls, was aired here.

However, my life truly changed one day in sixth grade, when my teacher introduced us to a relatively short poem by Edgar Allan Poe, titled “Annabel Lee.” Up until this point, I’d never read ...

Alighieri’s narrative poem, the first installment of The Divine Comedy, takes the reader on a journey into the nine rings of hell, guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil. While Alighieri’s vivid ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Julie Clayton. I became aware of Julie through Poetry Out Loud, a national arts education program that encourages the study of great poetry by ...