There was a time, not too long ago, when many people could only name one, maybe two, poets – often a long-dead White man named William Shakespeare, Robert Frost or Walt Whitman. Meanwhile, the Lincoln ...
Today’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Scot Young, who grew up in Raytown, Missouri before settling in Ozark County. He has been writing since his junior and high school days. Scot says he ...
Despite popular belief, poetry isn’t exclusively the realm of stodgy white guys in tweed jackets waxing nostalgic about blades of grass and such. As one of the most visceral and versatile forms of ...
Tracy K. Smith, former U.S. poet laureate, poses for a portrait at the Hatch Shell in Boston on Aug. 17, 2021. For nearly three decades, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith has used her craft ...
SANTA CRUZ — From Scotts Valley to Watsonville and everywhere in between, it is well-known that Santa Cruz County is an artist haven. That goes not just for visual artists and musicians but writers ...
We humans have been creating poetry since practically the beginning of time… or, you know, since about right around then, anyway — first through song and chants, through images, and finally by ...
There was a time, not too long ago, when many people could only name one, maybe two, poets — often a long-dead White man named William Shakespeare, Robert Frost or Walt Whitman. Meanwhile, the Lincoln ...