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.

Minnesota has many fine writers, gathered together by a deep and trusting affection for one another. Freya Manfred has been an important part of that community for her entire life, having been brought ...

Pierce Burgin is a boy who loves his puppy, Guinness. “We’d been asking for a dog for five years,” said Pierce, 13, of Mantua. “One day we came back home and my parents had gone out and bought us a ...

Before John Lennon realized his songs could include meaningful lyrics, he used poetry as an outlet for his more personal, introspective writing. He sent poems to his friend, Stuart Sutcliffe, and used ...

“When we try to pick out anything by itself we find that it is bound fast by a thousand invisible cords that cannot be broken to everything in the universe.” – John Muir I bought a new flashlight for ...