This month my column space features poet Jennifer Franklin's appreciation of "Dolores, Maybe" by John Murillo. It's a piece I wish I had written, as Franklin invokes Emily Dickinson — who experienced ...

April is National Poetry Month and as a poet and research psychologist, it’s my favorite time of year to discover and promote the joys and transformative powers of this art form. After all, poetry is ...

To me, sorrow is the emotion that takes up the most space, weighing down my heart every time it strikes. Poetry is my remedy for it. It helps contain sorrow into a form the page can hold in my stead.

As we prepare for another holiday season, all kinds of emotions and feelings rise to the surface for all of us — some of joy and excitement and some of disappointment or sadness. This is one of my ...

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for when you ...

PLATTSBURGH — Shannon Kanaly, author of “Kaleidoscope Emotion,” will discuss her everyday in a book signing and presentation at Lake Forest Senior Living Community in Plattsburgh. The book of poems ...