Poems can evoke laughter, tears, and thoughtful reflection. Recent research has shown their therapeutic effects: how they can reduce stress, relieve grief, and increase well-being.

This is the KUOW Book Club, and we've been reading "You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World" in partnership with Seattle ...

Poetry is a space to experiment with language — communications through this medium enables deeper emotional expression. This ...

To close out National Poetry Month, we're sharing an excerpt from "A Love Letter to San Antonio: San Antonio, You Know," ...

DEAR READERS: Wishing you and your families a very happy Easter and Passover. Spring is a time to get outdoors and play. It ...

I just love that. And I’m not sure that ... It looks pretty disruptive to me. That’s a good point. Is there a poem you wish you could write about that just doesn’t fit this format?

And it’s a bit sounding cliché to me. It’s like, birds and the bees, you, know, tells all this time. I guess, I wonder, like, when you are writing love poems or love letters — I don’t ...

Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition?

In four new collections, a frank look at disability, a celebration of domestic life (and dogs), a gathering of hushed moments ...

is like a poem. “I want to love you. I shudder when you say you love me because I am scared, hopeful — and hope I am worthy. I want to protect us by saying what is true when I am sure ...