Something happens when John Goddard trains his lens on a Westside CARES neighbor. Neighbor is how the nonprofit describes those who use its services, typically unhoused people and those experiencing ...

Read aloud picture books and look for simile examples and metaphor examples to learn how writers use figurative language to ...

This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Maryfrances Wagner, who lives in the Greater Kansas City Area. This is her second column in the series. The first appeared on Nov. 19, 2023. Maryfrances ...

Have you ever stood in front of a redwood and wondered, “Wouldn’t it be great if this was poetry instead of a tree?” Neither did Joyce Kilmer. Kelin Carolyn Zhang and Ryan Mather, however, have set ...

Some people text, some e-mail, but there's almost nothing better than getting an actual letter in the mail, especially if it's a letter poem. "A letter poem is when you're addressing someone else," ...