Maya Angelou, an influential visual poet, and civil rights activist, remains a cornerstone in Black history. Her work inspires courage, resilience, and to be proud of your culture. This legacy makes ...

“My life, it's slipping away and I can feel it and I should. I'm 75, I'm near the end. “I'm a damn sight nearer the end than I am the beginning. But it doesn't frighten me, it's an ...

Her prose is plain and unadorned; she doesn’t shy ... Her poems read, at their best, like illuminations, transfiguring her life again and again. SH There Lives a Young Girl In Me Who Will ...

"For me, it’s talking a lot more to my halves ... But the size of the challenge doesn't frighten the youngsters, it inspires them, which is exactly why so many of them have succeeded.

Mazur proclaims, “I am only saying yes to things that will get me closer to where I want to ... you keep yourself bound to a power dynamic that doesn’t allow for true intimacy.

Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Constance (Connie) Levy, who lives in St. Louis in a neighborhood of trees, birds, squirrels and other creatures she welcomes into her poems.