My guest today on Poetry from Daily Life is Walter Bargen, who lives in Ashland, Missouri. Walter started reading poetry in eighth grade English class and started writing his own poems in high ...

Ted Geisel used to tell kids he got his ideas from a certain store where he went from time to time to get a sack of them. He may have fudged about the store, but you really can fill a sack with ideas.

Here are some questions to help you think about the themes, ideas and attitudes of two poems when making a comparison: Two poems that deal with the theme of family relationships are Walking Away ...

Instead of defaulting to the notifications on my phone, poetry has inspired me to begin the day in a different way. By Charley Locke Most mornings, as soon as I wake up, I feel the pull of my phone.

And all the laureates offer their own creative ideas to their communities. When Steven Ratiner was the Arlington poet laureate (he’s now president of the New England Poetry Club, currently in ...