The lessons of Rita Dove’s “American Smooth,” one of the best-loved poems of the last two decades.

Many excellent poems in both of these collections bring into intense focus the experience of the working day-of physical labor, of fellow-feeling, of relations with owners and bosses.

Bill Radke had a great talk this morning with former poet laureate Billy Collins. With so much business rhyme in the air between Collins and our… ...

It's Poetry at Work Day, so here are some poems that you should take a moment to read while you're punching the clock at work today.

A vehicle for the working person's art. What is it about electricians and poetry? A recent contest to put poetry about work on 45 Kelowna city transit buses attracted over 100 entries from ...

Shea Memorial Foundation is hosting a "Library Poetry Tour" featuring poet Kris Salvi visiting public libraries in Douglas, ...

Levine is widely known for his poems about working-class people and the need for economic and social justice.

Over 40 local poets submitted works to our 2024 Xpress Poetry Contest. This year’s competition asked writers to pen an original, previously unpublished piece that explored the theme of our ...

This week’s guest on “Poetry from Daily Life” is Matt Forrest Esenwine, who lives in Warner, New Hampshire. Matt is an award-winning children’s author and poet who began writing poems when he was 9 ...