In today’s fast-paced world, stress has become a common part of life for many people. Whether it’s caused by work deadlines, family responsibilities, or societal pressures, managing stress effectively ...

Love poems didn’t start as private confessions. For much of their history, they were closer to public performances—tools for politics, status, ...

When David Harrison originally asked me to write my first column for “Poetry from Daily Life,” I spoke of Harry Bliss’ New Yorker cartoon: he draws a lady introducing her son as a poet. The folks ...

Katie Kemple fell in love with poetry as a child, when her father first read to her T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of ...

John Ernest, chair of the Department of English at the University of Delaware, wants to bring poetry to life, so sometimes he’ll start his classes with a dramatic reading of a poem. On more than one ...

Source: https://pixabay.com/en/to-write-machine-desk-flowers-1700787/ We are halfway through April, National Poetry Month, so it’s a great time to release any ...

Research has found that many people who took to sharing, discussing and writing poetry as a means to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic experienced 'demonstrable positive impact on their wellbeing'.

This week’s guest on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Bob Stephens, who lives in Springfield, Missouri. This is Bob’s second column in the series. His first appeared on Jan. 14, 2024. He is a man of many ...