Gerd Stern, who has died at 96, formed a lifelong bond with Allen Ginsberg and Carl Solomon. Ten years ago, he wrote about ...

We caught up with Zimbabwe-born Presley Pfereka about bucket list port stops, being apart from her daughters, and writing ...

Or triumphant. The poem’s most poignant feature may be the soldier’s optimism, his faith in what comes after hell. He insists ...

Swanson started writing poetry when she was in her early 20s and wrote a book of poems, “Spirit Within,” which she ...

In 1989, musician and storyteller Mark Staples wrote this poem about Butte at the request of Jenean Salle Kujawa, who was a ...

It is twilight, in the sense  that there is no Day or Night; only the fluttering of wings. Being kissed awake is tender as birth is confusing. There is no separation; only                 the ...