How is it that some of us are privileged and many are not? This subject is at the heart of a new collection of poetry.

Whatever emotion you're feeling can be found in poetry. So when life brings you down, turn to these inspirational poems to lift your spirits.

Before her harrowing footage of life in Mariupol under siege from Russian invaders was viewed around the world in 2022, ...

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

I do a lot of public speaking for business leaders about how using the science of happiness can improve their organization ...

In four new collections, a frank look at disability, a celebration of domestic life (and dogs), a gathering of hushed moments and a clutch of myth-inflected reveries.

It’s impossible for me to talk about writing without talking about living, writes Maggie Smith, author of the new book, "Dear Writer." It’s all connected. Collectively, our choices make our ...

Poetry from Daily Life: However you feel about poems, learning to observe is a good habit Lola Haskins Special to the News-Leader 0:05 ...

Indiana author Rebecca Kai Dotlich writes about how a childhood spent collecting lyrics and words sparked her love of poetry.

Missouri Poet Laureate David Harrison shares how to fill your own sack of ideas and describes what he keeps in his.

Behind this, of course, in the poem’s consciousness, is the idea of the word made flesh: “There are moments when the body is as numinous / as words, days that are the good flesh continuing”.

“Come See Me in the Good Light” makes viewers hope Gibson and Falley get to spend many tomorrows together. Like Gibson’s poems, this film delivers hope and goosebumps in equal measure.