Beautiful Loss of a Friend Poems . The loss of a friend can feel as painful as losing a family member. After all, they were ...

A poem can evoke laughter or tears, thoughtful reflection, and, like contemplative prayer, can spark insights buried under layers of obfuscation. Poetry is a trustworthy friend, a tender and ...

A: As I was writing this, one of my closest friends died, and so I started writing elegy poems to her. She was 39 when she died, and I was feeling devastated at her loss. I started writing to her ...

Friends shared them with their friends, saying the verses added joy to their day. “The poems that you send express in words feelings that I have no ability to express,” my friend Marilyn wrote.

Lost and Found: A Newly Discovered Poem by Robert Frost “Nothing New,” which the American poet wrote in 1918, is published for the first time in The New Yorker’s Anniversary Issue.