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Poetry in the Natural World" edited by 24th U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón. I'm your guide, Katie Campbell. I asked y'all to try writing a poem of your own — you delivered.
He’s a perceptive reader, and he has a knack for writing about poems in ways that lend shape and even excitement to the act of reading and thinking about them. He’s also comfortable ignoring some of ...
As an esteemed poet and a retired professor of philosophy at UW-Milwaukee, John Koethe kept those two worlds separate. “I ...
Corey Van Landingham, a graduate of Purdue's creative writing MFA program has published three poetry collections. Her third, "Reader, I," explores the nuances of romantic relationships in conversation ...
In tough times, Amanda Johnston is creating a community of gratitude with contributions from poets all across the state.
When my father was living his last years in a nursing facility, there was a woman there who spoke no English. I don’t know ...
It’s all connected. Collectively ... is small and enormous. Let me explain. In a poem, counterintuitively, compression creates expansion. A single image or metaphor opens up into a wide open ...
And especially the part that says, give me your tired ... And we hear this all the time. The Statue of Liberty poem is quoted all the time as though it represents some fundamental American ...
"Numbers are so important to Taylor and to me," she says ... And the 113th poem about one of Swift's most legendary songs — "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" — written by Daugherty and ...
This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Charles Ghigna ... I’m not sure that was enough, but that’s all I had for her in that fleeting moment. Later, during a little afterschool ...
Warner-based poet and anthologist Matt Forrest Esenwine released a new anthology of children’s poetry at the start of the ...
Springfield school librarian Angela Knight's weekly poem readings inspired a new book ... Asked what she loves about the job, Knight said "all of it." "Every day is different," she said.