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.

Source: https://pixabay.com/en/poetry-poetry-album-old-font-poem-720609/ For years, psychotherapists have suggested poetry as a way to navigate difficult times. This ...

“Our mission is to write haiku for everyone on the whole entire planet,” says Lisa Markuson, the one woman in the poetry-writing trio The Haiku Guys. This might seem a bit ambitious, but given how ...

When David Harrison originally asked me to write my first column for “Poetry from Daily Life,” I spoke of Harry Bliss’ New Yorker cartoon: he draws a lady introducing her son as a poet. The folks ...

Now for something completely different. This week I’m guest-blogging at The Best American Poetry. So much fun! I’ll be putting up here what I wrote over there the day before. By signing up, you ...

I'm joined now by MORNING EDITION's poet in residence, Kwame Alexander. Hey, Kwame. KWAME ALEXANDER, BYLINE: Hey, Rachel. Rachel Martin, I got a question for you. MARTIN: OK. ALEXANDER: What did the ...

This week’s guest on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Bob Stephens, who lives in Springfield, Missouri. This is Bob’s second column in the series. His first appeared on Jan. 14, 2024. He is a man of many ...