One of the most difficult occasions to deal with, after a loved one has passed on, are birthdays. This includes both theirs and yours....

For centuries, the hearth has been a symbol for home. Nothing equals our home in importance to us, except perhaps what we do for a living.

There is a historical romanticized image of the poet as someone wandering throughout isolated mountain forests, like a hermit or monk...

When we write poetry, the best of it stems from our emotional state. Poetry and emotion are linked closely together...

It is spring, and listening to the birds singing outside my window I have been thinking about music lately,..

As the winter season enters, you may have made New Year’s resolutions that you’re hopeful about keeping.

For most of us, the holidays are a happy joyous time of celebration filled with family, friends, and lots of love.

I began to write poetry out of grief and loss, to express the outpouring of feelings that came after my parents’ deaths.

So, what happens now, after your loved one has died? What does your life look like? These are questions that we have to deal with eventually

Hope is probably the single most important ingredient necessary to recover from grief and lead a full life once again.

I thought you might enjoy some nature poem recommendations for laid-back light reading, along with my own comments about the poems.

Losing a loved one can mean you feel painful grief for a long time. Often it can help to express those feelings through writing poetry.

Some people, probably many, find themselves in the throes of a depression after the death of a loved one.

After the death of a loved one many of us completely shut down. We isolate ourselves and turn our energies inward, but in a negative way.

There is a very close relationship between poetry and spirituality.