I recently taught a short six-class course for Homeschool Connections on “Poems Every Catholic Should Know.” The text for the course was my book of the same title, which is an anthology of Christian ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Poet Rita Dove talked about her childhood, family, educational background, and career experience. Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and former U.S. Poet ...

As National Poetry Month comes to a close, we’re closing up our poetry inbox. All month, we’ve invited people to send us their own original poems, responding to a prompt each week. We’ve heard from ...

Briana McCarthy is a local Franciscan, retired educator and pastoral counselor, who enjoys composing narrative poems on various subjects. Briana has a background in theater arts, elementary and ...

I’m David Harrison, Missouri’s 7th Poet Laureate. I live with my wife, Sandy, in Springfield, where it is my pleasure to host "Poetry from Daily Life." Since starting the column in November 2023, a ...

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 ...