When people read a poem strictly for its beauty, their brains undergo a distinct three-step process that separates emotional ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Timothy Rasinski, who lives in Stow, Ohio. Tim was told he was a good writer during his master’s degree program. However, his writing is not poetry, but ...

What happens in your brain when you read or write a poem? We listen to powerful poetry from you, our listeners, and uncover the neuroscience of why it helps us feel, process, and recover. What happens ...

It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...

The greatest casualty of our education system? Poetry. Either you’re from an older generation and you know a few lines by ...

April is National Poetry Month and a good time to consider beginning a poetry writing practice for yourself and/or your clients. Poetry is a powerful creative endeavor that keeps us in the moment and ...