How can grief become an instrument of comfort? Morning Edition wants to hear from those whose lives have been affected by COVID-19 — in the form of a poem.

Some of the best poets of spring are masters of the minor key. So it's no surprise that the famously dour Philip Larkin wrote two of the finest spring poems of the last century, according to ...

[Thought at first that grief had brought him down.] By Ellen Bryant Voigt Thought at first that grief had brought him down. His wife dead, his own hand dug the grave under a willow oak, in family ...

Poetry therapy is the clinical practice of using poetic tools to support emotional regulation, trauma recovery, and identity development. When thoughtfully integrated into therapy, especially with ...

How great my grief, my joys how few, Since first it was my fate to know thee? With “Poem of the Day,” The New York Sun offers a daily portion of verse selected by the Sun’s poetry editor, Joseph ...

Dan Chelotti’s poem “Grieving in the Modern World,” was published in his first book of poetry, “x,” published by McSweeney’s. Read the text of the poem below. We caught up with poet ...

After her parents fell ill, Victoria Chang, finalist for a Times Book Prize, wrote 'Obit,' poems styled as obituaries of loved ones — and herself.

Book review ‘Knotted Grief’: Poetry on shared and private griefs show how sorrow can be an essential life force Why should we read Naveen Kishore’s poems threaded with loss and heartbreak ...

Witnessing grief Reading The Natural Language of Grief by poet Vinita Agrawal, one sees that the act of witnessing becomes a metaphor of inhabiting the ruins of our world.