Poems can evoke laughter, tears, and thoughtful reflection. Recent research has shown their therapeutic effects: how they can reduce stress, relieve grief, and increase well-being.

In four new collections, a frank look at disability, a celebration of domestic life (and dogs), a gathering of hushed moments ...

You can take a poem with you anywhere, but knowing its origins can help make it yours. Practice by playing our poetry emoji ...

There are many examples of this in famous poems over the centuries ... The lessons we gain from listening and observing may be lost unless we keep them in our memory, or record them in our ...

Of her own experience discovering poetry, she added: “I embraced poetry as a testament to a life lived mindfully ... long history of poetry. Have you lost a parent? A sweetheart?

Drink, my friend, and pour for me so that my sorrow may trouble me no more tonight, although tomorrow I am sure you’ll see me ...

Award-winning poet, wildland firefighter, and co-founder of Left Margin Lit, Rachel Richardson has a new book, “Smother.” ...

So, it probably comes as no surprise that Armenti also actually has been delving into actual poetry his entire life. This passion ... photographer Dave Madeloni, called “Sun on the Muddy.” ...

Four newly translated novels, including Tezer Özlü’s work about a Turkish woman who travels in the footsteps of the writers ...