Washington poet Eric Ode often finds ideas while out walking. Here he shares a poem inspired by the prickly (or not) holly ...

It's OK if you find some poetry boring or uninspiring, poet Laura Haskins writes, but keep looking for what you'll like. Poetry from Daily Life: You can meet 100 people and only like a few. Poets ...

Mary Margaret Hughes, who got her start in classrooms and on stages in Springfield, writes about how creativity and inspiration can snowball.

Here's how to help the poemless: go to the poetry shelves in the children’s section of your local library. Grab a book by ...

John Koethe spent decades as a philosophy professor. The poems in his latest collection, “Cemeteries and Galaxies,” are full ...

My guest this week on "Poetry from Daily Life" — marking a full year of weekly columns — is Lola Haskins, who lives in Gainesville, Florida.

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. But I’ve ...

TRUE LIFE, by Adam Zagajewski.Translated by Clare Cavanagh. The Polish poet Adam Zagajewski’s great poem “To Go to Lvov” has a special importance for many young poets in different languages.

It's Poetry Month and NPR's Life Kit has a guide to writing and appreciating poetry. Sponsor Message. MILES PARKS, HOST: April is National Poetry Month. And if poetry isn't your thing, don't worry.

The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford offers for the first time a comprehensive study of Stanford's life and work, introducing to a broad readership poetry that remains both captivating to poets and, ...

Poetry is more of a massive tree of life with many branches where everything is related. What Is Flarf? Flarf and conceptual poetry have several important things in common. They both push poetry’s ...