NPR's Scott Detrow sat down with poet Kate Baer at Midtown Scholar, a bookstore in Harrisburg, Penn., to talk about her new book of poetry, How About Now.

Tory Dent wrote poetry about the experience of living with AIDS, most famously in her collection HIV, Mon Amour. She was 47 when she died Friday. She had been HIV-positive for 17 years. Poet Adrienne ...

Poetry can help us to both celebrate life and to face the challenges of this world. When I was 12, my father died of cancer. In those days, people did not talk to children about death like they do ...

Too often, when people think of poetry they think, 'Oh great, another love poem.' Or another nature poem, or another poem rife with socio-political commentary. Well, I'm here to tell you there are ...

The pandemic has been a time of stress for people everywhere. And Poetry Heals has reached out with ways for people to express in writing how they’re feeling, for them to know that’s OK. During this ...

November stands as a quiet bridge between autumn’s golden farewell and winter’s silver silence. It is a month of reflection, ...

"Some poetry of mine is born of actual events and experiences, exploring social themes and human values," says Mukul Kumar, ...

Maria Shriver is a dear friend, and one of the most thoughtful people I know. Over the years, I’ve watched her navigate immense joy and deep heartbreak with incredible grace — and now she’s sharing ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Alan Katz, who lives in Milford, Connecticut. Alan says, “I’ve been writing since Miss Gordon showed me the alphabet in kindergarten. But I’ve been a ...

On December 13, 1971, the Nobel Prize committee honored Pablo Neruda with its award in literature, citing his “poetry that with the action of an elemental force brings alive a continent’s destiny and ...

My guest this week on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Mary Margaret Hughes, who lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Her introduction to poetry came early when her mother read Shel Silverstein books to her. She ...