Or triumphant. The poem’s most poignant feature may be the soldier’s optimism, his faith in what comes after hell. He insists ...

Most people know Julie Marie Swanson as a retired nurse. But there is another side, a poetic side. Swanson recently published her second book of poems. Her poetry is about people, the old and the ...

For St. John’s University student Sanaa Marie Omondi, achieving a major milestone went beyond completing her first semester ...

Anpotowin Jensen will launch "Hero Dreams Shine" this spring. The book is a collection of 45 poems focusing on themes of Indigneous rescilience and self-empowerment with science woven throughout.

As part of Xpress' annual Wellness Issues, we asked six local poets to share their thoughts on the benefits of slowing down and being present in the moment.

Thirteen-year-old writer Ariana Shaprow is displaying her poem "The Way It Should Be" at the Mosaic Children's Museum in Woodland, California, celebrating the accomplishments of her ancestors and ...

The next poem he read told the tale of the drive ... sending out orders and while working in the office he would also write poetry. Basic training was a pivotal moment for him, he said, marking ...

Then I turn to the poem on the next page and the story disappears. So, as we write poems, it’s important to remember that we’re really telling these stories of a moment. The question we should ...

Then I turn to the poem on the next page and the story disappears. So, as we write poems, it’s important to remember that we’re really telling these stories of a moment. The question we should ask ...

How, and where, and when do you write poems? I write all the time. I write in the morning and continue working throughout the day, and I write on the computer. Before that there was a typewriter ...