The poet, editor, and cultural and literary critic Meghan O’Rourke’s first book of poems, Halflife, was published by Norton in 2007, and a second collection of poems, Once, is forthcoming from ...

Use these sympathy poems in cards, messages, texts, or other ways to support a grieving friend or family member. Turn to ...

Dear Abby: In response to the letter from a postal worker in Cottage Grove, Minn., regarding the tragic loss of children in the Oklahoma City explosion: Five years ago, on the same date that letter… ...

How a poem a day can ease life’s pain and help us through the hardest times From war to weather extremes, loneliness and digital overload, has there ever been a more challenging time for the ...

This is the essence of Joanne Sherry Mitchell’s latest collection of contemporary poetry, "The Pain We Call Love," in which Mitchell digs into the harsh realities of love.

There are several ways into the book Shaping the Fractured Self: poetry of chronic illness and pain, edited by Heather Taylor Johnson. And there are many uses it might serve in the multiple worlds ...

Poet Kwame Alexander has created a poem from submissions about the challenges of the past year and our dreams for the future. It ends with: "For through the struggle, we may hope to become stronger." ...

Thomas Dooley’s debut collection of poems, “Trespass,” deals with the duality of vulnerability and forgiveness via the narrative of a family.

Poet Kwame Alexander has created a poem from submissions about the challenges of the past year and our dreams for the future. It ends with: "For through the struggle, we may hope to become stronger." ...