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.

Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset, England, on June 2, 1840. A fiction writer as well as a poet, he published eight collections of poetry, including "Poems of the Past and the Present" (Harper & Bros., ...

Friendship, for poets, has long been grist for the mill. Anyone studying poetry is likely to stumble upon literary friendships – William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge come instantly to mind, ...

At an Army camp in JapanI first met my friend We were just boys not oldenough to be called men I never met a fellaquite like Paul beforeWe did everything togetherwe were always active and never bored ...

William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin on June 13, 1865. His collections of poetry include "The Wanderings of Oisin" (1889) and "In the Seven Woods" (1903). Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1923.

Poet Daniel Johnson has long tackled difficult subjects. But his recently published poem "In the Absence of Sparrows" took on a much more personal note. It's a poem he penned for and about his friend ...

Imagine a poem as your friend... this is exactly what award-winning podcast and project The Poetry Exchange does, and it has brought comfort, solidarity and companionship to many people for ten years.

Sometimes it's hard to put loss into words, but poems about losing a loved one can help you comfort a friend, family member, or acquaintance that has just lost someone close. Poems can also validate ...

Josh Gad sent his support and praises to his family friend Max Schachter after he read a poem by his son Alex following his tragic death in the shooting in Parkland, Fla. Josh Gad sent his support and ...

I'm joined now by MORNING EDITION's poet in residence, Kwame Alexander. Hey, Kwame. KWAME ALEXANDER, BYLINE: Hey, Rachel. Rachel Martin, I got a question for you. MARTIN: OK. ALEXANDER: What did the ...