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March 24, 2022
Former national Poet Laureate Ted Kooser picks out a funny poem about pregnant women....
March 22, 2022
Poetry can often help people make sense of the world in difficult times....
March 15, 2022
Tiana Nobile ’s poem, “Mother of Letters”, is an elegant thank you note to her mother, and by extension, to the art of mothering....
March 10, 2022
"I am often asked if I know of a good poem to be read at a wedding, and here’s one." - Ted Kooser, former national poet laureate....
March 09, 2022
Poetry is often taught in very strange ways: you’re given a poem and told that it’s good – and that if you don’t think it’s good then you haven’t understood it, and you should read it again until you have, and then you’ll like it. This is nonsense....