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The world of poetry is wide—you can dig in to a longer poetry book or read short poems when time allows. And it’s an art form that pretty much anyone can appreciate; a lot of poets write ...
In a world awash in tragedy, it’s easy to overlook the ordinary: the simple beauty of the everyday, the breeze that reminds ...
Ted Hughes left behind a path of personal tragedy and destruction — and also some of the most beautiful poetry in the English language. The British Poet Laureate was the husband of writer Sylvia ...
By Kwame DawesA&E Books American Life in Poetry: “Scarf” July 7, 2022 Updated Fri., July 8, 2022 at 3:27 p.m. X Email Reddit ...
My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Janet Wong, who lives in Gig Harbor, Washington. Janet is a graduate of Yale Law School and former lawyer who switched careers to become a children ...
Poems of Race, Mistakes and Friendship," which was named an NCTE Charlotte Huck Honor; "Dictionary for a Better World: Poems, Quotes and Anecdotes from A to Z," "African Town," winner of the Scott ...