And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair ... Hughes’s take on the subject is this short poem that manages to convey feelings of existentialism and doubt in a few lines.

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 ...

From romantic to short — we have a plethora of poems that will make her smile and ... While the sands o’ life shall run. And fare thee weel, my only luve! In my heart’s whisper, your name ...

Even as he dwells the dark corners of the criminal underbelly, this decorated Assam police officer has not lost his touch ...

When Judith Barrington reflects on her latest book, “ Virginia’s Apple: Collected Memoirs ,” she thinks of it as daring, ...

There’s a dichotomy when it comes to life. It’s the longest thing we experience, yet it goes by so quickly and feels so short. It’s easy to assume that we’ll have tomorrow, next week and ...

Giovanni was a one-of-a-kind writing talent who tackled everything from racism to love to life and death in her ... born writer and performer. Her poetry collections have sold thousands of copies ...

He was dishonest, smelly and short. Not your type at all ... the wretchedness and tedium of ordinary life into the shimmering gold of art. Ten of this poem’s 11 lines — the scholar’s ...

"The Slowdown" offers a poem and a moment of reflection in short episodes ... however triumphant or painful. My life wavers between fate and destiny. But then again, poetry brings me to the ...

While writing the script for “All We Imagine as Light,” Kapadia and cinematographer Ranabir Das (the director’s partner in ...