Without it, it feels like there’s this big piece that’s missing. Like I’m missing something big, not just anything. And I can’t imagine my life without the hijab, or the scarf." Zahraa ...

When children write poetry, they often jump in with only a vague idea then follow where it leads — adults can do that, too, ...

Life is a barren field. Frozen with snow. A key figure of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s, Langston Hughes wrote about Black life and culture, revealing through his words his people’s music ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Julie Clayton. I became aware of Julie through Poetry Out Loud, ... and the delusion surrounding the story he’d created about his lover’s death.

In new poems, Ocean Vuong looks at life after his mother's death Ocean Vuong's second poetry collection, Time is a Mother, grapples with time and its impermanence following his mother's death in 2019.

USA TODAY's Lokela Blanc presents ˈblak and (h)wīt', an original poem about the pain, struggle and empowerment she's found from within.

Joshua Clover’s “My Life in the New Millennium” begins with a thorny, if familiar, either/or. Then the poem moves quickly to accrue its juxtapositions and surprises, providing room for both ...

For this latest community poem, NPR poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander sifted through more than 1,000 submissions reacting to the killing of Ahmaud Abrery and created a poem that speaks with one voice.