Snippets of poetry have provided writer Irene Latham enough wisdom to fill a book. She shares several in this week's column.

The poem has again been catapulted into a heated ... and are barely visible unless you are very high up (by helicopter, for example), which is one reason why Americans have forgotten this history." ...

Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott Here’s a poem about patience ... The speaker is like the ant from Aesop’s fable, thrifty and responsible, willing to defer gratification until a more suitable ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Narrative means story and a narrative poem tells a story. Lots of poems are mainly about thoughts and feelings and ...

NPR asked for your poems inspired by memories of home. What we received was overwhelming: 1,400 submissions in just two days, with lines that draw on all five senses — in vivid detail and gauzy ...