In a poem about life we’d all best remember, Rumi writes of a negative emotion: “He may be clearing you out/ for some new delight.” When negative thoughts start to affect us too much ...

Walter Bargen, Missouri's first poet laureate, offers advice for people willing to embrace the world and be surprised.

Today, children around the world are still out of school and experiencing the effects of remote learning, lockdown and other "new normals". To capture their experiences, Save the Children invited ...

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 ...