The love between friends deserves to be celebrated. These poems about friendship are sweet, relatable and heartfelt ways to say "I love you." ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Constance (Connie) Levy, who lives in St. Louis in a neighborhood of trees, ...

The Poetry Exchange is a project and podcast that celebrates the role poetry can play in people’s lives, and its 10th anniversary anthology (Poems As Friends edited by Fiona Bennett and Michael ...

Before dinner we five friends (all between 49 and 76) held hands while our host said a blessing. It has always been easy for us to say grace when there are children present.

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 ...

A friend asked me recently what poetry is for. A somewhat difficult question! Another day, I may have answered differently, but on that occasion, I surprised myself by using the word religion.

Winners recited their poems for friends, families, and teachers. Steve Metsch is a freelance reporter for Pioneer Press. Originally Published: September 19, 2024 at 5:08 AM CDT ...