Words need to "audition" for the chance to be in a sentence, poet Kate Coombs writes. In a poem, they need to be perfect for ...

Joshua Clover’s “My Life in the New Millennium” begins with a thorny, if familiar, either/or. Then the poem moves quickly to accrue its juxtapositions and surprises, providing room for both ...

When children write poetry, they often jump in with only a vague idea then follow where it leads — adults can do that, too, ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Lauren Camp, who lives in Sante Fe and is the New Mexico Poet Laureate. Lauren worked as a magazine editor for 12 years.

This week’s guest on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Matt Mason, who lives in Omaha, Nebraska. Matt, who was the Nebraska State Poet from 2019-2024, started writing in high school and not long after ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Sylvia M. Vardell, who lives in Dallas, Texas. When asked how she became interested in poetry, Sylvia says, “My parents are German immigrants and ...

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Poem: Still life Anton Stephan's poem shows how life can eat at the time we have. Image by cromaconceptovisual from Pixabay. By Anton Stephan. March 04, 2025 at 12:00 AM. Comments Share ...

Life Is Like A Roller Coaster A Free Verse Poem By Alex Schachter Life is like a roller coaster It has some ups and downs Sometimes you can take it slow Or very fast It may be hard to breathe at ...

According to Forbes, the poem was written in memory of Marks' girlfriend, Ruth, who died in a plane crash in Canada in 1943. He received the news from her father on Christmas Eve and wrote the ...