Valentine's Day is a time for poetry, to speak of love and how romance and relationships change and deepen over time. Elders ...

Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...

I have met so many good people of Petersburg, and I love the great possibilities that the city has on the horizon' ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Constance (Connie ... when she was 60 years old. She is a former elementary grade teacher and adjunct college instructor. A veteran of school ...

Throughout history, poets have captured the essence of love, desire, longing, and devotion in their verses. Romantic poetry ...

An old, old, old, old, old (key word is old here), old flame of mine from my freshman year of high school recently sent me this poem: ...

Hope is crucial for those of us with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, or any cancer, helping us navigate the disease's ...

Recent weeks have highlighted the passing of time with three successive occurences that either merited my attention or ...

And at 96, this book finally made her a published poet. Beyond poetry, she had plenty of life advice—especially when Osakue ...

And, of course, escapism is a supply-and-demand business. As the world requires more of the people in it, it also offers more ...

The gold five-pound coin was minted in 1839, celebrating the inception of Queen Victoria's rule just two years after it began ...

I was delighted recently to discover that three of my favorite authors, all from extremely different backgrounds and ...