Those who want to write something but are struggling with how to get started often ask, “How do I find ideas?” My response is to redirect the focus. Ideas are everywhere. The trick isn’t in finding ...

Trans pain is currently a certainty. Trans beauty is currently an inevitability . When I am asked about my genitals on a daily basis, It is not my fault when I start getting creative with my answers.

What is it about life’s big and little moments that calls for a poem? At weddings. At funerals. On greeting cards. In church. On the radio. At moments of great happiness or deep sadness. At beginnings ...

This story was originally published on March 30, 2020, and has been updated. A great poem can be there for you — just like other works of art you hold dear. It can help you process sadness, anger or ...

The big life lesson from the eminent Christmas perennial, Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life,” comes late in the film, delivered straight from heaven. “Each man’s life touches so many other lives,” ...

After the death of Ahmaud Arbery, Morning Edition asked for your reactions to the killing in the shape of a poem. The 25-year-old black man was shot and killed by two white men while he was out for a ...

A South Windsor High School teacher has been suspended, and may be fired, for reading and discussing an obscene poem in his English class. Let this be a lesson. The poem, “Please Master” by Allen ...