cherishing the power of words and imagination. W.H. Auden’s poem in memory of the Irish poet William Butler Yeats remains in my heart and mind through the years, a witness to what’s important ...

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.

In celebration of National Poetry Month, the annual Poetry & the Creative Mind benefit will take place on April 24, 2025, via a YouTube livestream. Poetry & the Creative Mind raises funds to ...