Initially a distraction from caregiving stress, the book evolved into a deeply personal yet universal poetic reflection on ...

The process of navigating grief is not black and white. Through Wendy Okeke’s delicious use of language, metaphors and vivid ...

Joy Harjo, the first Native American Poet Laureate in the U.S., is releasing two illustrative books this month, centered ...

Meghan Metcalf and her son Hunter speak to the memory of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf on ‘The Will Cain Show’ after an altercation at a Frisco, Texas, track meet turned deadly.

Throughout history, mothers have held a sacred place in Armenian culture and society.  They are revered as the embodiment of ...

A family in south Kansas City is grieving not only the loss of a mother and a father, but also the baby they were expecting.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words - and that's an understatement when you look at the work of Dustin Nispel or ...

In "Late to the Search Party," Steven Espada Dawson's elegies grapple with addiction, loss, grief and belonging.

Becoming a mother having lost a mother added a layer of complexity I didn’t expect until the baby was in my arms, and I felt ...

We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: maybe because it came as an unexpected gift from a friend or loved one, or in ...