I’m David Harrison, Missouri’s 7th Poet Laureate. I live with my wife, Sandy, in Springfield, where it is my pleasure to host "Poetry from Daily Life." Since starting the column in November 2023, a ...

This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Irene Latham, who lives on a lake in rural Alabama. Irene has loved poetry since childhood when her father introduced her to poems by Shel Silverstein.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What is it about life’s big and little moments that calls for a poem? At weddings. At funerals. On greeting cards. In church. On ...

Charleston, SC, Jan. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Melodies from my heart is a heartfelt collection of poems by Melody Lirato, designed to share her thoughts and experiences through the lens of faith.

Poets Alan Shapiro (left) and Jonathan Farmer (right) discuss the communal nature of poetry. Poetry has always been at the center of the friendship between Alan Shapiro and Jonathan Farmer. They met ...

Poet Annette Billings with her newest poetry collection. Annette Billings says poetry isn’t about precious kittens and pretty flowers. Rather, she says, the form often calls for much harder, more ...

Shivani Sharma’s debut work of poetry, Aparajita, was launched at SheSparks, YourStory’s flagship event for women. The poems, ...

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 ...

I’ll admit I came to “The Collected Poems of Delmore Schwartz” (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, $50) with some trepidation. James Atlas’ masterful biography “Delmore Schwartz: The Life of an American Poet ...

Poets Alan Shapiro (left) and Jonathan Farmer (right) discuss the communal nature of poetry. Poetry has always been at the center of the friendship between Alan Shapiro and Jonathan Farmer. They met ...