I think the things that are essential for creating are also essential for living, says poet Maggie Smith. There’s a lot of overlap between making things and just being a person in the world.

As I sit in my friend’s apartment … she looks at me from across the couch and says, ‘I don’t know how you sleep at night.’” ...

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reader found to his surprise that Stephen Vincent Benét’s John Brown’s Body was readable and even thrilling, though a poem and a long ... flowers were worth money she grew them for all ...

Save that it sings in me. Born in St. Louis to well-to-do parents, Sara Teasdale was a respected, award-winning poet in her time. Her poetry is known for its simplicity. This one, in just a few ...

A reader shares what a poem Abby printed years ago still means to her.

The message is much needed at this time. I believe in "doing ... part of a collection of letters, poems and essays in my booklet titled "Keepers," which can be ordered by sending your name and address ...