Sometimes a poem just strikes a precise moment. “Small Kindnesses,” by Danusha Laméris, feels utterly necessary for our time — a poem celebrating minor, automatic graciousness within a ...

When I was appointed poet laureate of Rhode Island in 2016, I made establishing a youth representative for our state one of my first priorities. As an educator and a parent, I have long witnessed ...

Writer Ken Slesarik turned to poetry, both reading it and writing it, after the death of his son. He explains how poetry has helped him heal.

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

Guest writer Jared Goldstein, the associate dean for academic affairs at Roger Williams University School of Law, reflects on the connection between poetry and the Constitution.

Living Poetry flourishing in Pioneer Valley from school programs to small publisher releases Published: Dec. 29, 2012, 11:56 a.m.

There’s much to be said in praise of the small poem. For one thing, small poems, like today’s Poem of the Day by Sara Teasdale (1884–1933), are easy to memorize. In fact, Teasdale’s “April” is a ...

It might not have seemed like it at the time, but all those schoolyard rhymes you memorized as a kid were poems in disguise.

My guest today on Poetry from Daily Life is Ken Slesarik, who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Ken became a writer 17 years ago and after the loss of his son began to focus on grief and loss poetry. Two ...

Former poet laureate Billy Collins will visit St. Louis to read from "Musical Tables," a collection of short, amusing and poignant works.