A neighbor called, said two guys left, their families are so sad. They weren't that old their kinfolk said, they're missed, families feel bad. Another friend lost a brother, who didn't live nearby.

April is National Poetry Month. In the midst of a pandemic, this year’s celebrations have either been suspended, or the organizers have become more creative in their planning. Where most towns across ...

A tear. Then tears. Then nothing. Then tears. This is how people grieve when they’re alone. It might last for a day, month, or many years. Feelings might be hidden or slightly shown. They cry even for ...

Strange Road is a poem by Karen Solie, winner of the 2025 Governor General's Literary Award for poetry. It is part of Life, Rearranged, a special series of new, original writing by the 2025 Governor ...

New Poetry Collection Celebrates Black Culture, Faith, and Resilience RALEIGH, NC, UNITED STATES, March 4, 2026 ...

Radha Chakravarty has dedicated her recently published second book of poems In Your Eyes A River to distinguished poet Keki Daruwalla, ‘for believing in me’.

Young (Dear Darkness) is not only a prolific and acclaimed poet, but also the editor of several anthologies of poems, by African-American poets, inspired by the blues and jazz, and from the body of ...

My bottom line is this: there is no one right way to grieve. And when grief comes to town, there is no point in telling it what to do. Grief arrives with its own agenda. Sometimes grief crashes ...