Poetry doesn’t just reflect life—it makes life an object of art. Whatever state or mood you’re in, poems about life are there ...

As the poem, “Moving Train” reveals, “Oceans in Your Lungs”, chronicles visual pointers to the vicissitudes of life: “Life is like a moving train/ A procession unwilling to stop/ It ...

As the train crossed the Mississippi ... culture of jazz and blues music. The poem captures the melancholy and resilience of ...

Is my life viable. This poem/Is not mine ... If they walk onto a train and ride, so do their pasts.” “I saw dust on the piano. Was there a piano? Dust landed so hard it made holes.” ...

Later, on my way to a wedding, I wrote to a friend about the sailboats I saw from my train. She responded ... t promise you that memorizing poetry will make your life better, but it will make ...