One of America’s foremost Black poets, Hughes writes that dreams are essential to a happy life. That the powerful play goes ...

It advises us to live life passionately with such beautiful words that you will be moved. The lovely poem invokes varied feelings in the reader’s mind. If one dwells on it, however, then they ...

In this week's column, author Lesléa Newman offers some advice for overcoming the anxiety that stems from struggling to start ...

That’s the title of one of Nicole Sealey’s many poems about life ... And yet imagine him happy. Imagine Sispyhus content because he accepts, and understands, that life can be both difficult ...

A great poem can be there for you — just like other works of art you hold dear. It can help you process sadness, anger or fear. Or make you feel happy or excited. Franny Choi, a poet and ...

By thinking about your experiences and emotions, there is no end to the types of poems you can create. A happy memory can become a happy poem. I wonder how many poems are hiding in your memories.

So far during the course of Poetry from Daily Life we’ve heard about a number of ways in which poets find inspiration for their poems. Taking a walk. Observing. Starting with a single word.

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 ...