Snippets of poetry have provided writer Irene Latham enough wisdom to fill a book. She shares several in this week's column.

What do you get if you add poems that are "Shel Silverstein meets Rumi for kids" with pictures of yetis and primordial slime?

In selecting her work, Dechane writes: “So many poems never get beyond our sense of sight, but in ‘The Collective ... of what is beyond anyone’s words. And best of all, I think, is ...

The words in the poem remind us of the deep love and respect ... With colours of saffron, white, and green, What a beautiful sight, it can be seen.

What can language do when the sight of mutilated bodies ... it most,” he asserts in one poem, is the one who “gets to erase it best.” A surfeit of words can work as an analgesic—even ...

You've heard of the beloved "’Twas the Night Before Christmas" poem—maybe some reinterpretations and parodies of it too. But who actually wrote it, and what inspired these iconic holiday verses?

IOWA CITY — For Rudy Francisco, one of the most widely known spoken word artists in modern poetry, it started with a feeling. When he first saw a spoke word poem performed, he knew exactly what ...

Engage the senses—consider sight, sound, touch, taste ... Read it aloud to catch the rhythm and flow. Consider whether each word serves the poem’s purpose. Remove anything that feels redundant or ...

Poetry wouldn’t exist without words and concepts, to be sure ... we have experienced the terrors of death and meaninglessness Milton conjures before our sight. Consolatory imagery floods the frame: ...

There’s a mysticism and poetry to Catholicism, in the discipline that my mother ... You can lose your hand and still be you. Lose your sight or lose your memory, and you’re still you. So what are you?

the green shade of a garden and the rich words of a poem can offer models of gracefulness, surprise, and imaginative possibility. They are places to practice listening to others in the human and ...