If you're anything like me, poetry collections intimidate you more than any other type of book. I'm not sure where this poetry fear starts for many of us. Perhaps from school, where we're expected to ...

This week’s guest on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Matt Mason, who lives in Omaha, Nebraska. Matt, who was the Nebraska State Poet from 2019-2024, started writing in high school and not long after ...

Happy National Poetry Month! When I was a teenager, I thought rhyming poetry was corny and free verse pretentious. But in college, I developed a love for the genre. All this is to say: I understand ...

From the sonnets of William Shakespeare to the writings of Walt Whitman and the rejuvenating words of Amanda Gorman, poetry is indelibly writ into the fabric of not only popular culture, but the ...

This article was originally published in the Book Swap newsletter. Don't miss next month's edition. Sign up to get it in your inbox here. Happy National Poetry Month! When I was a teenager, I thought ...