Read Part 1: ‘I Am the Bridge’: How a poem being presented at an African cultural event in Arvada was created by 50 people from different ethnicities and cultures In the days leading up to her ...

I decided to create different phases to manage my breast cancer ... take time to learn how beautiful you are and erase the words, “I am ugly” from your mental vocabulary. This poem was written and ...

Michael Pedersen, Edinburgh’s Makar or Poet Laureate, reflects on the city and its artistic riches as he searches for its soul ...

The fence had been built in a shadowbox style, and the gaps between the boards gave reaching vines room for twisting. Their ...

I haven’t made up my mind yet, but my body is making decisions before I am ready to make them. I can’t seem to say what it is I want out loud. I can almost see all my different lives ...

"This was the most challenging poem to date, hands down," Alexander tells Morning Edition. "Over 600 submissions, and everyone was writing to a different ... Why am I writing a letter to you ...