April is National Poetry Month, so I’ve selected two poetry books that publishers have sent me recently that stood out to talk about this week. In each case, the primary audience is younger people, ...

It has been said that living with a cat is a lot like living in a perpetual poem. I can attest to this, in fact, there are times I find myself entirely absorbed simply watching either of our two cats ...

This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Marilyn Singer, who divides her time between Brooklyn, New York and Washington, Connecticut. This is Marilyn’s second column in the series. Her first ...

“The importance of not being in earnest is precisely what makes the play of the cat video important.” [3] “It is not the cat video’s place to ask you to learn. … Any cat who wants your particular ...

You love between your teeth. Poem copyright 2018 by Princeton University Press, “Cat Moving Kittens,” from “Flyover Country” by Austin Smith, (Princeton University Press, 2018). Poem reprinted by ...

Chilean poet Pablo Neruda was a master of words. Bust out some Neruda poetry with a girl and you are guaranteed to score major points every time. The Internet has chosen to take the words of the Nobel ...

him, twitching still, onto my Welcome Mat, flicking him in the ditch across the road. All day, as if in pain, my old cat yowled, glaring at me with flat, accusing eyes. “Our bond,” he seemed to say, ...

For nearly 30 years, the right words — lyrical words, words arranged just-so to capture a moment in time — escaped Dr. Nhien D. Nguyen. A poet in his native Vietnam, Nguyen could no longer write after ...

PJ Harvey paid tribute to one of her biggest influences, Captain Beefheart, by reading some of his poetry at a London art gallery a couple of weeks ago. The singer posted a video from the event to her ...