When was the last time you picked up a pen and composed a letter to a friend or a family member? NPR's poet in residence Kwame Alexander reminds us that letter writing delivers something more to the ...

This week’s guest on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Matt Mason, who lives in Omaha, Nebraska. Matt, who was the Nebraska State Poet from 2019-2024, started writing in high school and not long after ...

Kathleen Rooney taped a small sign to the long table at the center of the Grainger Ballroom, at the top of the opulent swoop of stairs on the second floor of Symphony Center. She took her seat beneath ...

When you look at me what is it that you see? Is it the thoughts of my past, the future you would prefer to have, or could it possibly be the present I am honoring. My skin, my face, and my demeanor is ...

B rookline, M ass.—For years before the pandemic, our father, the poet David Ferry, accepted invitations to read in public on any pretext: an academic conference, a bookstore benefit, indoors, ...

I’ve written about chants and mantras before, but I’ve left out an equally prevalent interior monologue that occupies my runs: poems. Whether it’s the message board outside a church or school, a ...