I'm joined now by MORNING EDITION's poet in residence, Kwame Alexander. Hey, Kwame. KWAME ALEXANDER, BYLINE: Hey, Rachel. Rachel Martin, I got a question for you. MARTIN: OK. ALEXANDER: What did the ...

Birthdays are fantastic occasions, but who says you can’t celebrate friendship any day? Whether it’s with a warm friendship quote or a thoughtful gift (like a book about friendship), there are so many ...

not the same ones I used to have. who told us everyone is a goldmine. This is what I think about when they cut me off on the freeway. Their soul is pure and good. Their intentions only momentarily ...

Some flowers are red; some flowers are blue. We have funny roses-are-red poems to share with your entire crew. Roses are red, violets are blue; we love us some funny poems, how about you? Part joke, ...

This epistolary poem is directed to a friend of the speaker’s, the poet Kamilah Aisha Moon, who died in 2021. The epistolary form is both intimate and expansive: It triangulates among the speaker, the ...

For Kathleen Trevor, every day is Love Day, so the holiday dedicated to it is especially nice. The Moline woman celebrates Valentine's Day by writing her own poems, then printing valentines for the ...