For the latest "Morning Edition" community poem, Rachel Martin and poet Kwame Alexander ask listeners for poetry submissions. This round, the call-out is for poems in letter, or epistolary, form.

Poem copyright 2018 by Freya Manfred, “Old Friends,” from “Loon In Late November Water” (Red Dragonfly Press, 2018). Poem reprinted by permission of Freya Manfred and the publisher.

HaikuJAM, for iOS and Android, aims to give that experience to everyone.Like other social apps, it allows you to connect with strangers all around the world, creating friend groups and bonding ...

He sent poems to his friend, Stuart Sutcliffe, and used them as an outlet for his emotions. When a friend accidentally threw out a book of his poetry, he was, naturally, devastated.

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Constance (Connie) Levy, who lives in St. Louis in a neighborhood of trees, birds, squirrels and other creatures she welcomes into her poems.

Imagine a poem as your friend... this is exactly what award-winning podcast and project The Poetry Exchange does, and it has brought comfort, solidarity and companionship to many people for ten years.

Friends, colleagues, students, and family reflect on the legacy of Iowa’s first Poet Laureate Marvin Bell The poet and 40-year Iowa Writers’ Workshop professor died on Dec. 14 at the age of 83, having ...