Linda L. Franklin shares a heartfelt collection of accessible poems that explore love, friendship, and the enduring ...

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How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope, edited by James Crews, Storey Publishing, 208 pages. $14.95. Credit: Courtesy This January, Amanda Gorman’s reading at the presidential inauguration ...

Poetry offers many gifts – among them, capturing, reflecting or even just sitting beside us with our thoughts and feelings.

Esther Oriyomi Eriwayo is a committed poet, no doubt. She comes with those rare messages of hope that some other poets may not be comfortable with. This is even more the reason she has titled her ...

After reading through the exuberant poems in Barbara Crooker’s ninth book, I began to look at the world with different eyes. I found small, seemingly ordinary things to praise and felt myself ...

When I was diagnosed with stage 1A cervical cancer, I realized that life is short and I want to spend my time being the best version of myself. To be able to enjoy my life as a cancer survivor…more ...

Award-winning poet, essayist, and translator Jane Hirshfield is the author of nine collections of poetry, including Ledger, The Beauty (long-listed for the National Book Award), Come, Thief, and Given ...