Many of the most memorable poems ever written came from daily life. When we write about ourselves, we are on familiar ground. A poem is the most concise way of expressing what we want to say. It can ...

For six years, Everett Community College has housed a literary gem with a prestigious history. Poetry Northwest magazine, founded in Seattle in 1959, has published the works of poets who put this ...

Those who want to write something but are struggling with how to get started often ask, “How do I find ideas?” My response is to redirect the focus. Ideas are everywhere. The trick isn’t in finding ...

Practice with the attention to detail and language choices needed for poetry writing can help elementary students with other kinds of writing as well.

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Angela Jackson, who lives in Chicago, Illinois in the historic Bronzeville neighborhood. She fell in love with poetry in first grade and was writing her ...

During the entire month of April, downtown Latrobe will once again be bursting at the seams with poetry. As part of National ...