Agency is in short supply both in school (scripted curricula) and at home (structured schedules). So when I say, “You are the Boss of Your Poem,” the frisson of freedom that ripples through ...

The world of poetry is wide—you can dig in to a longer poetry book or read short poems when time allows. And it’s an art form that pretty much anyone can appreciate; a lot of poets write ...

This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Irene Latham, who lives on a lake in rural Alabama. Irene has loved poetry since childhood when her father introduced her to poems by Shel Silverstein.