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

Author Matt Forrest Esenwine has some advice for would-be poets and creative types, and it all starts with a question: "What if ...?" ...

Today’s guest on “Poetry from Daily Life” is Kalli Dakos, who lives in Ottawa, Canada. She was named after her Greek grandmother. Kalli (rhymes with Sally) derives from the Greek muse of poetry.

Writing within the diaspora, you realise that you’re living a hybrid of experiences, like speaking in your mother tongue with ...

Today, my cultured friends, we shall mix some grace and refinement into the proceedings. By which I mean, I shall recite some elegant poetry. Ready? Here goes. Roses are red, Violets are blue; My fish ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Alan Katz, who lives in Milford, Connecticut. Alan says, “I’ve been writing since Miss Gordon showed me the alphabet in kindergarten.

In my memoir "You Could Make This Place Beautiful," I wrote, “Life, like a poem, is a series of choices.” The choices we make in a poem — line length, tone, diction, point-of-view ...

I’ve tried to memorize a poem every week since, either because they felt right in the moment or because the moment brought them to me. Struggling to make sense of my changing life, I memorized ...

or life, too seriously. As in “Love and Other Poems,” his previous collection, Dimitrov’s man-about-town quality is on full display here, though the tone has shifted somewhat. The poems ...

“Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” by Adrienne Rich, is a blazing portrait of an artist and her work. Our critic A.O. Scott admires its craft — and its wildness. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott Poems ...

'I Am Maria: My Poems and Reflections on Heartbreak, Healing, and Hope' will hit bookshelves on April 1, 2025 Denise Truscello/Getty; Penguin Random House Maria Shriver’s first foray into poetry ...