If there is anything in this life that truly embodies the beauty of rebirth and new beginnings, it’s springtime. Sometimes it comes slow, sometimes it bursts forth suddenly, but springtime always ...

Surely more than that, no doubt. Living a meaningful life. Taking our problems in strife. Treasuring our old memories. Learning about our history. Making new memories is fun. Enjoying the ocean in the ...

I recently taught a short six-class course for Homeschool Connections on “Poems Every Catholic Should Know.” The text for the course was my book of the same title, which is an anthology of Christian ...

Langston Hughes is one of the most prolific yet most underrated American poets of all time. He was the first Black writer and poet to make his living through his words. He led the Harlem Renaissance, ...

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 ...

Here are a series of poems written about our ordeal with cancer and kicking it to the curb. I am an author and poet. My husband has gone through several health crises since he had COVID-19 in 2020: a ...

This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Marilyn Singer, who divides her time between Brooklyn, New York and Washington, Connecticut. This is Marilyn’s second column in the series. Her first ...

A 10-year-old boy has used a class exercise to write a touching poem about his life with autism. Benjamin Giroux, who is on the autism spectrum, was asked to write a poem for school entitled “I Am”, ...

Taylor Swift included original poems in each vinyl variant of her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl. Swift writes about her life as a performer, fiancé Travis Kelce’s impact on her, and the ...

Here in April, celebrated annually as National Poetry Month, I’ve been wondering: Is there a truly great poem about the Mississippi River? The question first came to mind last December when a copy of ...