Poetry can literally give you chills. A Free Press intern explains why — and how to start reading it without fear.

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Timothy Rasinski, who lives in Stow, Ohio. Tim was told he was a good writer during his master’s degree program. However, his writing is not poetry, but ...

This week’s guest on “Poetry from Daily Life” is Marilyn Singer, who divides her time between Brooklyn, New York and Washington, Connecticut. Marilyn has been a writer for fifty years and enjoys many ...

April is National Poetry Month and a good time to consider beginning a poetry writing practice for yourself and/or your ...

This week’s guest is Laura Robb, who lives in Winchester, Virginia. A longtime teacher and author, Laura’s first book was published in 1994. She is widely known for her educational books about reading ...

In his new collection, “Homeland of My Body,” the award-winning poet Richard Blanco considers the meaning of home, both physically and figuratively, in over 100 poems. He was awarded the National ...

As the editor of a magazine that includes a poetry column, I routinely read poems because I have to. But I also delve into ...

It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...