Some poems are long and densely packed with meaning, but others are like snapshots written to save an image, idea or scene, ...

POETRY IN MOTION MY POEMS is a poetic meditation on life's dualities-joy and sorrow, light and darkness, presence and absence. It invites readers to float alongside“winged thoughts” through ...

Inspired by (among others) the DeafBlind poet and essayist John Lee Clark, Colgate unfolds a welcome array of poems about his own queer, complicated, sociable life in New Haven and Toronto ...

I live with my wife, Sandy, in Springfield, where it is my pleasure to host "Poetry from Daily Life." Since starting the column in November 2023, a growing number of wonderfully talented guests ...