For years psychotherapists have been advocating writing healing poems as a way to navigate through difficult times. In doing so, it's important that the poem is written from the heart and not the ...

When writing a healing poem, it’s important to write from your heart rather than your head. This might take some practice, as we often intellectualize our pain.

We present an extract from The Irish Writers Handbook 2025, the essential guide to writing and getting published, with contributions from acclaimed authors and book industry professionals.

David Duchovny has been writing poetry all his life. Looking back, the actor and writer sees similarities in all of his work.

Deborah Landau, poet and author of "Skeletons" shares her tips for a writing a love poem—as well as some surprises.

A young Hong Kong poet shares why you should get comfortable with rejection and how to use the experience to improve your writing skills.

For the latest "Morning Edition" community poem, Rachel Martin and poet Kwame Alexander ask listeners for poetry submissions. This round, the call-out is for poems in letter, or epistolary, form.

The Nation MagazineHave you ever noticed how many modern poems there are in which the poet complains about the difficulty of writing poetry? I suspect this is a relatively recent addition to the ...

David Duchovny is revealing why he has yet to write his former or current wife a poem, despite penning an entire book of them ...