What is it about life’s big and little moments that calls for a poem? At weddings. At funerals. On greeting cards. In church. On the radio. At moments of great happiness or deep sadness. At beginnings ...

I’m a fan of narrative poems, poems that tell a story. As I see it, that’s how poetry started, with epic poems that had to be memorized to be passed down, as people didn’t have printing presses or ...

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 ...

This week’s guest on “Poetry from Daily Life” is Jane Yolen, who divides her time between Hatfield, Massachusetts; Mystic, Connecticut; and Scotland. Jane began writing in 2nd grade and published her ...

One of my strongest poetry memories took place at a black-tie dinner at the Library of Congress where George W. Bush introduced his wife Laura with a poem. He explained that she had been away on a ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Timothy Rasinski, who lives in Stow, Ohio. Tim was told he was a good writer during his master’s degree program. However, his writing is not poetry, but ...

Ben Neideigh, of Brickerville, didn’t expect to make good on his goal to write poems for a year straight. A handful of Facebook friends liked and commented under the 2014 announcement. There, he ...

At some point in our lives, most of us seem to have decided that poetry is too precious for us. That it requires sitting quietly, alone in a silent room, to really appreciate or understand. That if we ...

“Do you wish for the quiet to come + with intimate sweetness spoken in your ear swell within you as the bulbs do before the blooming + so then to give way to the blossom of your heart’s largess?” Then ...

Our knitting poerty contest We heard from some people who knit, in words of humor and wit. The also-rans here, brought us great cheer, But we could only pick two to win it. Oh, brother, we aren't ...