Poetry doesn’t just reflect life—it makes life an object of art. Whatever state or mood you’re in, poems about life are there to guide you, to ease you and to help you find meaning and make ...

The book is about, yes, Disneyland, which was a fun subject to play with in these poems as I was, ultimately, telling a larger story about growing older and living life after my parents have ...

Not everything I write down will become a poem, but some things will. The Tower blocks are like monsters. I can add to that idea. The Tower blocks are like monsters. Gazing down at us through ...

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

Walter Bargen, Missouri's first poet laureate, offers advice for people willing to embrace the world and be surprised.

To capture their experiences, Save the Children invited children from countries around the world to write short poems about COVID-19, life under lockdown, and how the pandemic has changed their lives.