Losing your mom is so difficult. It's a life-changing event that can leave ... Sonnet to My Mother by George Barker is the ...

Consider the thing you have lost and where it was missing in your life. Then, write a poem backward in time until the lost thing is no longer lost. List places where you feel comforted ...

The poem is part of a collection of letters, poems and essays in my booklet titled “Keepers,” which can be ordered by sending your name and address plus a check or money order (U.S funds ...

In the poem, this minister who “served Heaven” does not seem to be married (though in real life, Wadsworth had a wife and family). So in the poem, the obstacle to their union is not a previous ...

Nearly every poem in the collection is titled as the name of the narrator, who shares a bit about their life and death and ... or fate for the man). Try your hand at writing character-based ...