In a world awash in tragedy, it’s easy to overlook the ordinary: the simple beauty of the everyday, the breeze that reminds ...

But no matter your age or what life throws at you, you can find strength and motivation in inspirational poetry. Ahead, we’ve rounded up 30 poems about life, a few for each occasion.

Words need to "audition" for the chance to be in a sentence, poet Kate Coombs writes. In a poem, they need to be perfect for ...

Washington poet Eric Ode often finds ideas while out walking. Here he shares a poem inspired by the prickly (or not) holly bushes he often passes.

Appreciating poetry doesn't have to take a lot of time. As these moving short poems prove, you can work poetry into your daily life.

and "Poems I Wrote When No One Was Looking," if you’re so inclined.) Then, read those poems to a kid in your life. Share the joys of wordsmithing in verse. You’ll enjoy it. The kid will enjoy it.

This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Ellen Hopkins, who lives in Cape Girardeau. She has been a writer for more than thirty years and particularly likes to write contemporary verse novels.

And if we die soon, remember us. Remember our voices, love, and faces. Don’t regret anything. Don’t make a fuss. Visit the homes we loved and all the places. Your grief will surely be deep ...

It also might be what survives you and your circumstances. This poem is about Aunt Jennifer’s constrained life and eventual death, but it’s also about her liberation and her immortality.

Changing one of these things changes your life. On a long walk, I realized that my life is like a poem in another way, too: My life, like a poem, is small and enormous. Let me explain.