This week’s guest on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Matt Mason, who lives in Omaha, Nebraska. Matt, who was the Nebraska State Poet from 2019-2024, started writing in high school and not long after ...

Emily Dickinson, whose birthday was December 10, 1830, was a poet known for her reclusive lifestyle. Many of us today, being increasingly reclusive ourselves, have grown to appreciate the incredible ...

Andrea Gibson, known for their powerful poetry and performances, spent years exploring deep and political themes. They wrote openly about gender identity, love, social justice, and death, using honest ...

I write a poem a day (sometimes more) for three reasons. First for finger exercises that wake up both fingers and brain. Second, I use it observationally, and by that, I mean to sharpen my ...

Some quotes linger because they speak quietly but truthfully about the tensions people carry every day. Sylvia Plath’s words ...

One of my strongest poetry memories took place at a black-tie dinner at the Library of Congress where George W. Bush introduced his wife Laura with a poem. He explained that she had been away on a ...

“The poet is the priest of the invisible“, this quote by Wallace Stevens encapsulates a lot in itself. However, times are changing, social media is a real deal, and who doesn’t want a bite of it. So, ...

Today I’m here with the tiniest pep talk, in case you need one. This one’s as much about saying no as it is about saying yes. In my memoir "You Could Make This Place Beautiful," I wrote, “Life, like a ...

“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 don’t have ...

A new biography and a career-spanning collection of Anthony Hecht’s work show how fluent he was in his period’s style, and hint at the ways it might have restrained him. By David Orr David Orr is the ...