It was a "core memory" and the first time the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States − the first Latina appointed to the role − felt a "deep connection" to nature. "It's been a long process ...

Lakeside Creative Arts Centre, Newmillerdam, Wakefield is set to host a quiet morning retreat, ‘Open to Wonder’, which ...

The second poem in Simon Armitage’s new poetry collection is titled “Drey” – a reference to the small hanging baskets of branches in which squirrels live. Armitage describes a drey as a “twig and leaf ...

A year-long project by the nation’s poet laureate focuses on the natural world and what’s at stake due to climate change. Ada Limon’s "You Are Here" exhibition will take her to National ...

Most people think of Emily Dickinson as a poet, but not many know that she was a gardener and botany student before turning ...

This is the KUOW Book Club, and we're reading "You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World" edited by 24th U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón. I'm your guide, Katie Campbell. I asked y'all to try writing ...

From Ginsberg’s raw protest to Amanda Gorman’s stirring reflections and Walt Whitman’s enduring imagery, this segment explores how poetry has captured the spirit of the natural world across ...