In the heart of North Dakota, a local artist is turning pain into purpose, poetry into power. Known on stage as Dakotah Faye, Dakota Poitra has transformed a life shaped by identity struggles ...

20 Famous Poems Everyone Needs to Read at Least Once ... mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain. And let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

And sometimes, we don't let poetry serve its purpose because we think that it has to be on some certain kind of level, and we define our audience first. I wanted to write poems that say ...

These poems have the same quality as the impressionistic watercolor ... Goya’s painting Christ Crucified on the cover gives hope as well as purpose to those grittier parts. In the end, Reece writes, ...

What is the meaning of the Poetry? Poems are a form of art that allows writers to explore ideas, stories, emotions, and ideas in a unique way. They are often structured with lines and stanzas ...

Learning that I had cancer — melanoma and renal cell carcinoma — made me feel like I lost something, but I keep looking ahead. At what will come. When you have cancer, and you are worried about dying, ...

It is a time when the flowers begin to bloom and kittens are born. Below are some of my favorite poems about spring and joy and the innocence and beauty of childhood. “Spring” by William Blake ...

Across thirty-three poems, the forces of postpartum “spinning” show up in sleep deprivation, psychosis, loneliness, and intrusive thoughts. Some poems are a fairly brutal read; all are raw ...