Pain, poetry and death. By Susie Linfield . Oct. 12, ... Diane Middlebrook’s “Her Husband,” a provocative and compelling attempt to understand the marriage of these poets by looking at their ...

“Pain Studies,” by Lisa Olstein, and “Constellations,” by Sinead Gleeson, plumb the authors’ experiences with suffering to creative effect.

All is fair in love and poetry, but both are not without torture. Taylor Swift's 11th studio album The Tortured Poets Department is finally here. Tortured Poets presents an ethereal collection of ...

My guest today on Poetry from Daily Life is Ken Slesarik, who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Ken became a writer 17 years ago and after the loss of his son began to focus on grief and loss poetry.

“The poem begins with pain as a mirror.” That mirror allows the speaker to consider both personal losses — the death of his mother, a lover leaving, ...

I have known Betsy Sholl for more than 30 years. Along with everyone else in the tight-knit Maine poetry community, I was heartbroken to learn of her beloved husband’s death from COVID in 2020.

The Poetry of Pain. Slam poet Gayle Danley teaches children how words can soothe their wounds Washington Originals An occasional look at the fascinating people around us. November 22, 2008.

The mariachi musician’s job would seem to be as simple as providing a little authentic south-of-the-border atmosphere to go with that frozen margarita and those nachos grandes. But the diners ...

Today’s guest on “Poetry from Daily Life” is Kalli Dakos, who lives in Ottawa, Canada. She was named after her Greek grandmother. Kalli (rhymes with Sally) derives from the Greek muse of poetry.