Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Nobody’s Life Is Easy”: Maria Shriver on Poetry, Vulnerability, and Starting Over Maria Shriver is a dear friend, and one of the ...

I’m David Harrison, Missouri’s 7th Poet Laureate. I live with my wife, Sandy, in Springfield, where it is my pleasure to host "Poetry from Daily Life." Since starting the column in November 2023, a ...

Today’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Scot Young, who grew up in Raytown, Missouri before settling in Ozark County. He has been writing since his junior and high school days. Scot says he ...

When David L. Harrison asked a number of us to write a column about “Poetry from Daily Life,” I thought of Harry Bliss’ New Yorker cartoon: He draws a lady introducing her son as a poet. The folks ...

“Poetry is life distilled,” said longtime Illinois Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Brooks. This is concise; but what does it mean? It means, as I understand it, that poetry is a place where the rich ...

NEW YORK CITY, NY, UNITED STATES, March 23, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- River of Life A Poetic Journey Invites Readers ...

Decades ago, my friend Caetlin received a peculiar assignment from the poet Robert L. Hass, who was then her undergraduate literature professor. He instructed each student to memorize three poems of ...

Jane Freilicher, "One Cat, Two Fish" (1974), oil on canvas, 50 x 63 inches (all images courtesy Pamela Salisbury Gallery) HUDSON, New York — I am a sucker for exhibitions with the word “poetry” in the ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Rudy Ru performs at Arts & Ideas Adult Invitational Poetry Slam. Credit: Eleanor Polak Photos ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Angela Jackson, who lives in Chicago, Illinois in the historic Bronzeville neighborhood. She fell in love with poetry in first grade and was writing her ...