Poetry maven and Writer Extraordinaire  Tanita Davis shared the Poetry Peeps’ March challenge here . The mission? Knit together an Ovillejo...

When I was young, I didn't think much about birds, know much about birds, or care much about birds. They were part of the landscape, o...

Welcome to the Poetry Friday round-up!  Last week, the Poetry Peeps shared pieces inspired by the work of U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze . ...

A few weeks ago, Susan Thomsen, at Chicken Spaghetti , posted a prompt: begin a poem with the last line ( I stop somewhere waiting for you )...

Brian Doyle was a luminous writer who died from a brain tumor in 2017 at the age of 60, an inexplicable injustice in this world if ever ther...

It is far, far, far past time for some Billy Collins. I need him, don't you?  And this one targets my readerly heart as if its poetic a...

I usually get a Poetry Friday post put together on Thursday afternoon, but yesterday I was too busy weeping. I saw  Hamnet for the second ti...

A beautiful poem from Alberto Ríos, who  says: This is a poem of thanks to those who live lives of service, which, I think, includes all of ...

I'm with Maggie Smith — my relationship with progress is complicated. But what's the alternative? It is always, as she says in the f...

It’s hard to know what to say about our country and the world in 2026. I’m repeatedly struck dumb, horrified, paralyzed by the worst of situ...

Here's a marvelous poem from Helen Hunt Jackson who was born in 1830 in my home state* of Massachusetts. She was a poet, writer, and act...

I've shared this one several times before, but it's so lovely, so peaceful, and brings me such December joy that I decided to share ...

This poem reads like an instruction for life. It also makes a terrific prompt, doesn't it? What's another craft or skill that, mindf...

There are so many crisp, perfect, and wistful poems about November. It’s hard to choose just one, isn’t it? But here’s a short one I return ...

Susan, at Chicken Spaghetti , invited us to join her in a meme poem, ala Donika Kelly . Kelly’s inspiration was a meme from 2017, so I went ...