Beyond her celebrated image as the “Tragedy Queen” of Hindi cinema, Meena Kumari was an accomplished poet. She wrote under ...

But K Love couldn’t ignore her sense of responsibility toward them. “I knew very young that I would teach. I assumed I would become a school teacher, but poetry was the wild card that popped up.

Love’ is a strange thing. Sometimes, it makes you feel like you are flying, with an almost dreamy unstoppability. But then ...

The word love is elusive, a noun without context. However, its verb form, "loving," is more than the thing. It invokes poetry that speaks from the heart and goes beyond the confines of acceptable ...

The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford offers for the first time a comprehensive study of Stanford's life and work, introducing to a broad readership poetry that remains both captivating to poets and, ...

The KUOW Book Club is reading "You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World" edited by Ada Limón in April 2025 in partnership with Seattle Public Library's Seattle Reads program.

A hymn to mercy and love, “Love Calls Us to the Things of This World” springs to my lips when my heart is quiet. I teach it as often as I can for my introductory poetry students.

Lucy Dacus sits at a picnic table in Elysian Park blinking against the sun on a windy afternoon in early March. Last night, the 29-year-old singer and songwriter went to Elton John’s annual ...

Poetry is not (as I thought) highbrow and inaccessible–it really is for everyone! If you’re looking to explore the genre, I have a few suggestions on where to get started. All-American Poem by ...