Riley Asher-Stalbaum embodies poetry in motion. Whether during her childhood, when she would sit trackside to watch races, or ...

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My mum’s death from cancer has made me determined that like her, I will leave nothing but love behind in this world ...

DEAR ABBY: I returned from an errand this morning, and my husband was across the street from our house wearing only a robe, naked underneath and talking to the wife of our neighbor. I’m fuming because ...

I came across a column of yours that I had clipped and tucked away. On one of the pages I had dog-eared was the poem, “Decide ...

My therapist told me I should write more. I don’t want to because this means admitting and coming to terms with my trauma.

What sets spoken word artist and new Milwaukee Poet Laureate Shelly Conley apart from others is her vulnerability and honesty ...

Amaka Felly Obioji makes her poetic manifesto in these sublime lines in the 20th poem: ‘I think my heart is breaking,/ and ...

Society has been toiling for years to sanitize and civilize the experience of early motherhood. Dull the pain, hide the ...

These are the heart-wrenching words of a grief-stricken mother from Yorkshire ... him till 2am and then woke up at 5am where I used my torch on my phone so I was able to see his temperature ...

I can’t imagine myself with hair now (Picture: Reid Rolls) ‘I don’t want you to feel insecure,’ my mum said, as she looked at me with pity, ‘we will pay for a hair transplant.’ ...

"Nobody told me my mother was dying — I just watched her disintegrate mysteriously and then she disappeared and there was no explanation except that she had gone to sleep.” She added. Madonna's mother ...